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HSK
to get; to obtain; to receive
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *接* | 接* | *接
to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *收* | 收* | *收
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
HSK 2
to receive
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *受* | 受* | *受
to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom
HSK 3
to correspond (by letter, email etc) / to send or receive messages through telecommunications
HSK 3
to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
HSK 2
to obtain; to receive; to get
HSK 4
to receive (letter etc)
HSK 2
to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *领* | 领* | *领
neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
HSK 4
to receive / to collect
HSK 6
to be energized by it; to receive a boost from it
to receive visitors; to receive guests
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *遇* | 遇* | *遇
(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned / (bound form) to treat; to receive
HSK 4
to receive worldwide attention
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蒙* | 蒙* | *蒙
to cover / ignorant / to suffer (misfortune) / to receive (a favor) / to cheat
HSK 6
reception (of transmitted signal) / to receive / to accept / to admit / to take over (e.g. a factory) / to expropriate
HSK 6
to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从 + {noun} + 入手: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point") / to receive; to obtain; to buy
HSK 7-9
to draw water (from a well) / (coll.) to receive an IV drip
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *禀* | 禀* | *禀
to make a report (to a superior) / to give / to endow / to receive / petition
to take orders / to receive commands / to carry on (a tradition)
HSK 7-9
to receive training
(idiom) (of a call) to elict an enthusiastic response; to receive extensive approval
to receive medical treatment
HSK 7-9
to receive; to draw; to get
HSK 6
to receive sb / to grant an interview
HSK 7-9
debit card used to receive one's salary or wages
to receive a great deal of (respect, criticism, attention etc)
HSK 7-9
to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call)
HSK 7-9
to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable)
to receive an official's salary
to receive payment
to receive (a call, report etc)
to receive and send / to receive and transmit
to receive instruction / to benefit from advice
(neologism c. 2018) to be thrilled to receive; to excitedly take delivery of
to accept / to receive
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沾* | 沾* | *沾
to moisten / to be infected by / to receive benefit or advantage through a contact / to touch
HSK 7-9
cashier / to receive and hand over payment / to lend and borrow books
to receive / to accept / to carry on
men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
to receive / to accept
to receive a visitor
to receive in no small measure
HSK 7-9
to receive news (of)
to receive sth on another's behalf
to receive favor (from superior) / favored / pampered
to accept / to receive
(idiom) to enjoy popular support / to receive general approval
to accept a gift / to receive presents
to receive / to accept / to take in / to hold
(in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
(literary) to receive and understand the contents of (a letter)
mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)
to receive an imperial command
to receive delivery
to receive guests / to receive patrons (of prostitutes)
to receive for storage / delivery of goods / to gather and store / to store safely / safe keeping
to receive a promotion; to rise in rank
to receive orders
to receive payment; to collect money
(idiom) to receive both praise and criticism; to get mixed reviews
to receive a prize
to receive one's salary / to pay sb's wages
to receive mail / to receive a telegraph
to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc) / paid (leave) / on full pay
to receive a report / to receive intelligence, information etc
to greet and usher in (guests, newcomers etc) / (Buddhism) to receive into the Pure Land
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *迓* | 迓* | *迓
to receive (as a guest)
to receive
to receive a scolding
(coll.) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done (phrase used e.g. by movie viewers when a character dies)
to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc) / to catch a ball thrown by sb
to decline to receive a visitor / to turn sb away
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叨* | 叨* | *叨
to receive the benefit of
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *承* | 承* | *承
to bear / to carry / to hold / to continue / to undertake / to take charge / owing to / due to / to receive
(of police, fire brigade etc) to receive a report of an incident
(medicine) to give or receive gastric lavage; to get one's stomach pumped
to catch (sth thrown etc) / to receive (sth given) / to accept
to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc) / ordained by heaven
to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels
to suffer beatings and receive abuse (idiom)
to receive no news whatsoever about sb
to receive favor
to accept / to receive (tribute)
to receive orders / to follow orders / to act under orders
to receive troops with food and drink (idiom) / to give troops a hearty welcome / also pr. [dan1 si4 hu2 jiang1]
to receive a raise in salary
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *膺* | 膺* | *膺
breast / receive
to receive fief and title; to be enfeoffed / (fig.) to be rewarded by the emperor
to accept / to receive
to ask for sth and receive it / to try to obtain / to look for and obtain
to introduce / to receive sb
neighborhood telephone, with sb in charge of notifying others when they receive a call
to receive
object (of a transitive verb) / to receive a task
to receive baptism / baptized
to receive / to be given / to be presented with

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