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Meaning of 受

Pinyin shòu

Radical

又

Strokes

Definition

to bear / to stand / to endure / (passive marker) / to receive

Usage

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受 [shòu] [动] 【本义】: 接受;承受【造字法】: 会意。甲骨文字形，象两手（二“又”）中间有一只舟，“舟”亦是声符，表示传递东西。 1. 接纳别人给的东西: 接～; 感～; ～精; ～权; ～托; ～降; ～益; ～业 (1. 跟随老师学习; 2. 学生对老师自称); ～教; ～领; ～聘; ～理. Receive things given by others: accept; feel; receive essence; accept rights; accept commission; be assigned; gain; follow a teacher (students referring to themselves); accept teaching; lead; hire; manage. 2. 忍耐某种遭遇: 忍～; ～苦; ～制; ～窘; ～累 (受到劳累). Endure certain experiences: endure; suffer; withstand restrictions; endure embarrassment; be worn out (experience fatigue). 3. 遭到: 遭～; ～害; ～挫; ～屈; ～辱; ～阻. Encounter: suffer; be harmed; face setbacks; be subjugated; endure humiliation; encounter obstacles. 4. 适合，中: ～吃; ～看; ～听; ～使. Suitable, appropriate: fit for eating; suitable for watching; appropriate for listening; suitable for use. 同本义 ([En.] receive) 蒙受;遭受 ([En.] suffer; be subjected to) 得到 ([En.] get) 收进，取回 ([En.] take back) 买入，收入 ([En.] buy) 容纳 ([En.] contain; accommodate; hold) 通“授”。授予;交给 ([En.] give) 通“授”。教授;传授 ([En.] teach) 娶 ([En.] remarry). 引 1. 受，相付也。——《说文》王筠曰:“手部授，人部付，皆曰‘予也。’今以付说受，则是受授同字矣。” 2. 《周礼·天官·司书》：受其币。 3. 《仪礼·特牲馈食礼》：主妇拜受爵。 4. 《周礼·司干》：则受之。注:“取藏之。” 5. 《仪礼·丧服》：受以小功衰。注:“犹承也。” 6. 《国语·楚语》：颛顼受之。注:“承也。” 7. 《管子·海南》：釜十五，吾受，而宫出之以百。 8. 《后汉书·列女传》：志士不饮盗泉之水，廉者不受嗟来之食。 9. 《史记·魏公子列传》：臣修身洁行数十年，终不以监门困故而受公子财。例又如: 受茶(女子受聘，订立婚约); 受宫厅(衙门中的厅堂); 受法(伏法); 受事(接受教诲); 受册(接受册命); 受祉(接受天地神明的降福); 受胙(接受胙肉). Also like: receive tea (woman being engaged, establishing a marriage agreement); receiving a hall (a hall within an official bureau); facing legal consequences; receiving teachings; receiving a directive; receiving blessings from heaven and earth; accepting sacrificial meat.

接受 jiē shòu

to accept / to receive

遭受 zāo shòu

to suffer / to sustain (loss, misfortune)

感受 gǎn shòu

to sense / perception / to feel (through the senses) / to experience / a feeling / an impression / an experience

受命 shòu mìng

ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel

忍受 rěn shòu

to bear / to endure

受理 shòu lǐ

to accept to hear a case / to handle (a service)

承受 chéng shòu

to bear / to support / to inherit

深受 shēn shòu

to receive in no small measure

难受 nán shòu

to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear

受益 shòu yì

to benefit from / profit

身受 shēn shòu

experience (personally)

经受 jīng shòu

to undergo (hardship) / to endure / to withstand

受过 shòu guò

Suffered

备受 bèi shòu

to fully experience (good or bad)

受贿 shòu huì

to accept a bribe

受热 shòu rè

heated / sunstroke

够受的 gòu shòu de

to be quite an ordeal / to be hard to bear

受孕 shòu yùn

to become pregnant / to conceive / impregnated / insemination

受精卵 shòu jīng luǎn

fertilized ovum

受益匪浅 shòu yì fěi qiǎn

to benefit (from)

受宠若惊 shòu chǒng ruò jīng

overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)

受宠 shòu chǒng

to receive favor (from superior) / favored / pampered

受刑 shòu xíng

beaten / tortured / executed

受到 shòu dào

to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc) / to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

难以忍受 nán yǐ rěn shòu

hard to endure / unbearable

担惊受怕 dān jīng shòu pà

to feel apprehensive / to be alarmed

受惠 shòu huì

to benefit / favored

受之有愧 shòu zhī yǒu kuì

receive it with shame / I am not worthy of it. / I don't deserve it. / It is shameful to accept ....

拒绝接受 jù jué jiē shòu

deny / turn down / refuse / reject / denial / decline / disallow / repudiate

受挫 shòu cuò

thwarted / obstructed / setback

受损 shòu sǔn

to suffer damage

授受 shòu shòu

to give and accept

受控 shòu kòng

controlled

受冻 shòu dòng

endure the cold

倍受 bèi shòu

Much

受灾 shòu zāi

disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity

受众 shòu zhòng

target audience / audience

无功不受禄 wú gōng bù shòu lù

Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom)

无功受禄 wú gōng shòu lù

to get undeserved rewards (idiom)

享受 xiǎng shòu

to enjoy / to live it up / pleasure / CL:種|种[zhong3]

享受性 xiǎng shòu xìng

Enjoyment

受不了 shòu bù liǎo

unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand

受窘 shòu jiǒng

embarrassed / bothered / in an awkward position

受累 shòu lěi

to get dragged into / to get involved (on sb else's account)

受罚 shòu fá

be punished

受罪 shòu zuì

to endure / to suffer / hardships / torments / a hard time / a nuisance

耐受 nài shòu

to tolerate / endurance

受聘 shòu pìn

hired (for employment) / invited (e.g. to lecture) / engaged (for a task) / (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family

受伤 shòu shāng

to sustain injuries / wounded (in an accident etc) / harmed

受苦 shòu kǔ

to suffer hardship

蒙受 méng shòu

to suffer / to sustain (loss)

受训 shòu xùn

to receive training

受访者 shòu fǎng zhě

participant in a survey / an interviewee / those questioned

受贿罪 shòu huì zuì

crime of acceptance of bribes / bribery crime

受贿案 shòu huì àn

Bribery case

受赠 shòu zèng

Donated

受辱 shòu rǔ

insulted / humiliated / disgraced

逆来顺受 nì lái shùn shòu

to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it / to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc

受邀 shòu yāo

be invited / be asked

受阻 shòu zǔ

blocked / obstructed / detained

受雇 shòu gù

to be employed / to be hired / hired / paid

饱受 bǎo shòu

to endure / to suffer / to be subjected to

受骗 shòu piàn

to be cheated / to be taken in / to be hoodwinked