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  sau1   jyutping
  shou1 shou4   pinyin
[1] [v] draw together; gather; collect [2] [v] contain [3] [v] receive; accept; take [4] [v] end; come to a close [5] [v] retrieve; take back; put away

Stroke count: 6
Level: 2
Radical: (#66)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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This word has been viewed 19645 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:58

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detail  sau1 gin6 jan4  shou1 jian4 ren2 = recipient (of mail)
detail  sau1 jap6  shou1 ru4 = income; earnings; revenue
detail  sau1 dou3*2  shou1 dao4 = to have received (sth.)
detail  sau1 wok6  shou1 huo4 = results; gains; harvest; reap
detail  sau1 maai5  shou1 mai3 = to purchase; to bribe
detail  seoi3 sau1  shui4 shou1 = revenue
detail  sau1 jung4  shou1 rong2 = take in; accommodate
detail  sau1 ngan4*2 jyun4  shou1 yin2 yuan2 = counterperson; clerk; cashier
detail  sau1 lau4  shou1 liu2 = take sb in
detail  gwok3 man4 sau1 jap6  guo2 min2 shou1 ru4 = national income
See all 154 compounds (CantoDict reports 165 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 8 examples containing 收
detail 正在收拾東西
I'm cleaning up!
[Lit. I in-the-process-of tidying-up things]
detail audio 多謝收睇
thank you for watching
detail 畀我做嘢嗰度秘書收埋
My shoes were hidden by the secretary at work.
[Lit. I pair shoes by I work there [classifier] secretary hide-already]
detail 頭先email畀你嗰啲資料收到
Have you get the information I emailed to you just now yet?
[Lit. I just-now email give you that information, you receive not-yet [particle]?]
detail 啱啱收到現場最新消息
We've just received an on-the-spot update.
[Lit. just now receive on-the-spot most new [possessive particle] news. Std. Chinese: 剛剛收到現場最新的消息. (Heard this sentence on a news report.)]
detail 畀我一早唔同
I would have hung up the phone and not chatted with her for so long.
[Literally: 畀我就 - If I was in the situation, 一早收綫 - (I) would have hung up right at the outset 唔同佢嗲 - (and) wouldn't have talked with her 咁耐! - so long!]
detail audio 收聲, 嘈到拆樓!
Shut up, you're making a lot of noise!
detail 我哋不斷收到呢啲冇用傳單實在討厭
We keep getting these unwanted flyers; they're a real nuisance.
[In the second part of sentence, the English version uses "they" to show a change of new subject. The Cantonese version does not need a new subject which is understood.]
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