受 shòu

1. shòu verb to suffer; to be subjected to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 遭到, for example, 眼睛受了伤 '[her] eyes became impaired.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 10; Guoyu '受' v 3; Kroll 2015 '受' 1a, p. 449; Unihan '受')
2. shòu verb to transfer; to confer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '受' 2, p. 449)
3. shòu verb to receive; to accept
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 接获 (Guoyu '受' v 1; Kroll 2015 '受' 1, p. 449; Unihan '受')
4. shòu verb to tolerate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 容忍 (Guoyu '受' v 2; Kroll 2015 '受' 1b, p. 449)
5. shòu adverb suitably
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 适合 (Guoyu '受' adv)

Contained in

• 虚不受补(虛不受補) a person who is in poor health cannot handle something so strong as a tonic
• 受约束(受約束) restricted; constrained
• 承受 to bear; to support; to inherit
• 受挫 thwarted; obstructed; setback
• 禁受 to stand; to endure
• 受罪 to suffer ; to accept guilt
• 受困 trapped; stranded
• 受业(受業) to study; to learn from a master; (pupil's first person pronoun) I, your student
• 耐受性 tolerance (to heat, acid etc); resistance
• 消受 to bear; to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy)
• 传道受业(傳道受業) to teach; to give moral and practical instruction
• 受封 to receive fief and title; to be enfeoffed; (figuratively) to be rewarded by the emperor
• 不受约束(不受約束) unrestricted
• 易受攻击(易受攻擊) vulnerable
• 受命以来(受命以來) after I accepted my orders
• 受制 to be controlled; to suffer under a yoke
• 受访(受訪) to give an interview; to be interviewed; to respond to (questions, a survey etc)
• 受寒 affected by cold; to catch cold
• 够受的(夠受的) to be quite an ordeal; to be hard to bear
• 受穷(受窮) poor
• 弃法受赂(棄法受賂) to neglect the law by accepting bribes
• 未受影响(未受影響) unaffected; not inconvenienced
• 受托人(受託人) trustee
• 受事 to receive a task
• 受体(受體) receptor ; acceptor
• 未受精 unfertilized
• 末学肤受(末學膚受) an amatuer dabbling with only little knowledge of fundamentals
• 小洞不堵，大洞受苦 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole; A stitch in time saves nine.
• 容受 to tolerate; to accept (criticism, resignation etc); same as 容納接受|容纳接受[rong2 na4 jie1 shou4]
• 受任 appointment (to a job); to be appointed (to high office); to accept an appointment; entrusted with responsibilities; same as 授任
• 饱受(飽受) to endure; to suffer; to be subjected to
• 临危受命(臨危受命) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
• 受不了 unbearable
• 受赂(受賂) to take a bribe
• 可接受性 acceptability
• 承受力 tolerance; capability of adapting oneself
• 耐受力 tolerance; ability to survive; hardiness
• 受支配 subject to (foreign domination, emotions etc)
• 遭受 to suffer; to sustain
• 受享 to enjoy
• 受灾(受災) to be disaster-stricken
• 活受罪 to suffer hardship
• 受气包(受氣包) (fig.) punching bag
• 受精 to receive sperm; fertilized; insemination
• 蒙受 to suffer from; to sustain loss
• 拒不接受 refusing to accept
• 八方受敌(八方受敵) surrounded by enemies on all sides
• 满招损，谦受益(滿招損，謙受益) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit; pride comes before a fall

Also contained in

受词 、 受事者 、 受灾地区

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 87
• 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 66
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 47
• 卷五十四 志第三十 禮八 Volume 54 Treatises 30: Rites 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 47
• 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 46
• 少牢馈食礼 第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 45
• 卷一百〇二　志第五十:　刑法一 Volume 102 Treatises 55: Punishment and Law 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 44
• 卷十八　　　　　志第八　　　　禮樂八 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rites and Music 8 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 44
• 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 43
• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 42

Collocations

• 受盟 (受盟) 鄭必受盟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 13
• 王受 (王受) 今商王受 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓上 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration I — count: 6
• 受天 (受天) 受天百祿 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧天保 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Tian Bao — count: 5
• 诞受 (誕受) 誕受多方 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓下 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration III — count: 4
• 受禄 (受祿) 無功而受祿 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧伐檀 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Fa Tan — count: 3
• 受民 (受民) 誕保文武受民 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 3
• 请受 (請受) 請受而甘心焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 受言 (受言) 受言藏之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧彤弓 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Tong Gong — count: 3
• 受天命 (受天命) 復受天命 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧下武 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Xia Wu — count: 3
• 受同 (受同) 乃受同 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 顧命 Zhou Shu - Testamentary Charge — count: 3