收
shōu
to receive
to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
我今天收到了一封信。
wǒ jīn tiān shōu dào le yī fēng xìn。
I received a letter today.
请把桌上的书收好，明天要用。
qǐng bǎ zhuō shàng de shū shōu hǎo，míng tiān yào yòng。
Please put away the books on the table; we need them tomorrow.
Words with 收
揽收
lǎn shōu
(of a courier) to pick up; to collect (parcels or goods for shipping)
酌收
zhuó shōu
to charge different prices according to the situation
领收
lǐng shōu
to accept (a favor)
颗粒无收
kē lì wú shōu
not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)
验收
yàn shōu
to inspect and accept
魏收
wèi shōu
Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書|魏书[Wei4 shu1]
鸣金收兵
míng jīn shōu bīng
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
鸣金收军
míng jīn shōu jūn
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
点收
diǎn shōu
to check sth and accept it
一分耕耘，一分收获
yī fēn gēng yún , yī fēn shōu huò
(saying) you reap what you sow
一发不可收拾
yī fā bù kě shōu shi
once it gets started there's no stopping it
一发而不可收
yī fā ér bù kě shōu
to be impossible to stop once started