shòu

Traditional: 受

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Translation

to receive, to suffer, to bear

Stroke order

Stroke order for 受

Examples

She accepted the job.

He was injured in the accident.

xiàng

This project has received a lot of attention.

He suffered a small injury.

I cannot bear this kind of noise.

受 (shòu) covers receiving anything that arrives from outside, whether welcome (接受 to accept) or not (受伤 to be injured). The resultative 受到 marks something the subject undergoes.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 受.

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This word is part of lesson 102.