收 shōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 丩 to connect, to join 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
收买
shōumǎi
to bribe; to buy off
Characters in this word
买 mǎi
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Example phrases
- 调查发现，该公司试图收买评审委员，以影响招标结果。 Diàochá fāxiàn, gāi gōngsī shìtú shōumǎi píngshěn wěiyuán, yǐ yǐngxiǎng zhāobiāo jiéguǒ. The investigation found that the company had tried to bribe members of the review panel in order to influence the bidding result.
- 他想收买证人，被警察当场抓住了。 Tā xiǎng shōumǎi zhèngrén, bèi jǐngchá dāngchǎng zhuāzhù le. He tried to buy off a witness and was caught red-handed by the police.
- 无论对方出多少钱，都收买不了他的良心。 Wúlùn duìfāng chū duōshǎo qián, dōu shōumǎi bùliǎo tā de liángxīn. No matter how much money the other side offers, they cannot buy his conscience.
Related words
- 收 shōu to receive; to put away
- 收到 shōudào to receive
- 收入 shōurù income
- 收费 shōufèi to charge a fee
- 收看 shōukàn to watch a broadcast
- 收听 shōutīng to listen to a broadcast
- 收音机 shōuyīnjī radio
- 收回 shōuhuí to take back
- 收获 shōuhuò harvest; gain
- 收益 shōuyì profit; income
- 吸收 xīshōu to absorb
- 丰收 fēngshōu good harvest