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
收养
shōuyǎng
to adopt
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 夫妻俩经过严格审查后，终于获准收养那个孩子。 Fūqī liǎ jīngguò yángé shěnchá hòu, zhōngyú huòzhǔn shōuyǎng nà ge háizi. After strict checks, the couple were finally approved to adopt the child.
- 这对好心夫妇收养了一只无家可归的流浪狗。 Zhè duì hǎoxīn fūfù shōuyǎngle yī zhī wú jiā kě guī de liúlàng gǒu. This kind-hearted couple adopted a homeless stray dog.
- 他从小被收养，长大后一直想寻找亲生父母。 Tā cóngxiǎo bèi shōuyǎng, zhǎngdà hòu yīzhí xiǎng xúnzhǎo qīnshēng fùmǔ. He was adopted as a child, and after growing up he always wanted to find his birth parents.
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