Chinese words starting with “shou”
70 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable shou. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 17 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial sh · final ou · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 18
- 3rd tone 31
- 4th tone 21
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 手机shǒu jīHSK 1
cell phone; mobile phone
- 受到shòu dàoHSK 2
to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- 首先shǒu xiānHSK 3
first (of all); in the first place
- 手术shǒu shùHSK 4
(surgical) operation; surgery
- 收到shōu dàoHSK 2
to receive
- 受伤shòu shāngHSK 3
to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed
- 手里shǒu lǐHSK 4
in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
- 手段shǒu duànHSK 5
method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick
- 收入shōu rùHSK 2
to take in; income; revenue
- 手指shǒu zhǐHSK 3
finger
- 收费shōu fèiHSK 3
to charge a fee
- 首都shǒu dūHSK 3
capital (city)
- 手续shǒu xùHSK 3
procedure; formalities
- 手表shǒu biǎoHSK 2
wristwatch
- 收看shōu kànHSK 3
to watch (a TV program)
- 收音机shōu yīn jīHSK 3
radio
- 收听shōu tīngHSK 3
to listen to (a radio broadcast)
All 70 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 首府 | shǒu fǔ | n | capital city of an autonomous region | |
| 52 | 守候 | shǒu hòu | v | to wait for; to expect; to keep watch; to watch over; to nurse | |
| 53 | 收买 | shōu mǎi | v,vn | to purchase; to bribe | |
| 54 | 收支 | shōu zhī | n | cash flow; financial balance; income and expenditure | |
| 55 | 收留 | shōu liú | v | to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care | |
| 56 | 受苦 | shòu kǔ | v | to suffer hardship | |
| 57 | 受骗 | shòu piàn | v | to be cheated; to be taken in; to be hoodwinked | |
| 58 | 售票 | shòu piào | v,vn | to sell tickets | |
| 59 | 手帕 | shǒu pà | n | handkerchief | |
| 60 | 受罪 | shòu zuì | v,vn | to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance | |
| 61 | 售价 | shòu jià | n | selling price | |
| 62 | 售货员 | shòu huò yuán | n | salesperson | |
| 63 | 首次 | shǒu cì | m | first; first time; for the first time | |
| 64 | 受灾 | shòu zāi | v,vn | disaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity | |
| 65 | 手续费 | shǒu xù fèi | n | service charge; processing fee; commission | |
| 66 | 受惊 | shòu jīng | v | startled | |
| 67 | 首创 | shǒu chuàng | v,vn | to create; original creation; to be the first to do sth | |
| 68 | 收复 | shōu fù | v | to recover (lost territory etc); to recapture | |
| 69 | 守株待兔 | shǒu zhū dài tù | v | lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); to wait idly for opportunities; to trust to chance rather than show initiative | |
| 70 | 受过 | shòu guò | to take the blame (for sb else) |
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