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HSK
to receive
HSK 2
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  *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 take in / income / revenue / CL: 筆|笔, 個|个
HSK 2
radio / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
to listen to (a radio broadcast)
HSK 3
to watch (a TV program)
HSK 3
to charge a fee
HSK 3
to harvest / to reap / to gain / crop / harvest / profit / gain / bonus / reward
HSK 4
variant of 收穫|收获
HSK 4
to regain / to retake / to take back / to withdraw / to revoke
HSK 4
earnings / profit
HSK 4
to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 5
to buy; to purchase; to procure
HSK 5
to gather / to collect
HSK 5
to receive / to collect
HSK 6
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption
HSK 6
to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark / a collection
HSK 6
to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care
HSK 7-9
to recover (lost territory etc) / to recapture
HSK 7-9
receipt / CL: 張|张
HSK 7-9
to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish / to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) / to astringe / (math.) to converge
HSK 7-9
to pull back / to shrink / to contract / (physiology) systole
HSK 7-9
cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure
HSK 7-9
ratings (of a TV show)
HSK 7-9
to purchase; to buy / to bribe; to buy off
HSK 7-9
convergent sequence (math.)
harvest season / autumn
receipt
to receive and send / to receive and transmit
a collector (e.g. of artworks)
to stop; to pull back
to take as a concubine
to receive / to accept / to take in / to hold
midwife
to wind up / to bring to an end / to finish
to stop work for the day (generally of laborers) / to knock off
to include (in a collection) / to put together (stories, poems etc) / to record / to employ / to recruit
to collect rent
to close the market (for the day) / to close (a market, shop etc) for business
to watch TV
to provide a place to stay / to house / to accommodate / (of an institution etc) to take in / to accept
cash register / check out counter
market close
to accept / to receive
in custody / to keep sb in detention
to receive payment; to collect money
to subdue / to force to capitulate / to reduce to submission / to soothe
(wireless) reception
to receive / to accept
the end / an ending / to wind down / to conclude
recipient (of mail) / To: (email header)
to tighten up (restrictions etc)
received in full (goods, payment)
to incorporate into one's troops / to weave in
to gather (people) / to collect (talent) / to come to an end
to imprison / to take into custody
to win the support of / to get over to one's side / to keep control of
to harvest / to reap / to gather in crops
inbox
to receive for storage / delivery of goods / to gather and store / to store safely / safe keeping
(literary) to receive and understand the contents of (a letter)
tollbooth
radio-tape recorder
(knitting, basket weaving etc) to cast off; to bind / (of a wound) to close up; to heal
(Cantonese) to stop talking; to shut up
receiving party / recipient / debit side (of balance sheet), as opposed to credit side 付方
to constrict / to draw tight / to gather (one's thoughts) / to bring to a close / to pack (for a journey)
to recover (illegally obtained property) / to seize / to capture / to force sb to hand over sth / to levy
to concentrate on the task / to curb one's evil instincts
final part of a go game (see 官子) / endgame / to finish up / to come to the final stage
convergence (math.) / astringent
to yield results
to draw in one's belly; to tighten the abdominal muscles
to receive payment
temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center
earnings rate / earnings yield (finance)
reaper
to clear up the mess / to pick up the pieces
to receive mail / to receive a telegraph
closing price (of share, commodity etc)
(of holidays) to come to an end / end of a vacation
favorites folder (web browser)
to reel in (a fishing line etc) / to hang up the phone
consignee
checkout counter; cashier's desk
inbox (email)
to accept a gift / to receive presents
to list / to include
systolic blood pressure
to confiscate land for redistribution (China, 1947-52) / (of a government) to acquire land (with compensation)
(slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career / to pack it in / (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game / (of a business) to cease to operate
break-even point
cashier; checkout clerk
variant of 收服
to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over
foreign exchange collection (finance)
recipient (of mail or a message)
telegraph operator
mail room / radio reception room

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