suMMit Posted May 30, 2020 at 09:20 AM Report Posted May 30, 2020 at 09:20 AM Help me get these straight: 收 shou1 and 受 shou4. These two words have somehow simultaneously entered my vocabulary fairly recently，I don't even know from where, then I come across these phrases 欢迎收听 and 最受欢迎的. I can't seem to get them straight and they both seem to mean receive? Quote
Popular Post anonymoose Posted May 30, 2020 at 11:18 AM Popular Post Report Posted May 30, 2020 at 11:18 AM 收 usually refers to receiving physical things: 收礼物、收信、收钱 受 usually refers to receiving abstract things: 受欢迎、受影响、受害 In the case of 收听, the 收 is an integral part of the two-character word, so does not conform to the above. 2 4 Quote
Tomsima Posted May 30, 2020 at 01:06 PM Report Posted May 30, 2020 at 01:06 PM also note that 受 is contrasted with 授 (as in 教授), meaning 'to give, confer upon, instruct'. Should help to remind you which one is abstract 2 2 Quote
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