| 收 | shōu | to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name) |
| 吸收 | xī shōu | to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest |
| 收入 | shōu rù | to take in; income; revenue; CL:笔,个 |
| 收获 | shōu huò | crop (in agriculture); harvest; acquisition; profit; gain; bonus; success; reward; benefit |
| 收购 | shōu gòu | to purchase (from various places); to acquire (a company) |
| 接收 | jiē shōu | reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate |
| 收缩 | shōu suō | to pull back; to shrink; to contract |
| 收集 | shōu jí | to gather; to collect |
| 丰收 | fēng shōu | bumper harvest |
| 税收 | shuì shōu | taxation |
| 回收 | huí shōu | to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recover |
| 收音机 | shōu yīn jī | radio; CL:台 |
| 收回 | shōu huí | to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke |
| 收割 | shōu gē | to harvest; to reap; to gather in crops |
| 征收 | zhēng shōu | to levy (a fine); to impose (a tariff) |
| 收支 | shōu zhī | cash flow; financial balance; income and expenditure |
| 收拾 | shōu shi | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; to punish (colloquial); to manage |
| 秋收 | qiū shōu | fall harvest; to reap |
| 没收 | mò shōu | to confiscate; to have sth confiscated; to forfeit |
| 收买 | shōu mǎi | to purchase; to bribe |
| 收成 | shōu chéng | harvest |
| 收益 | shōu yì | earnings; profit |
| 国民收入 | guó mín shōu rù | measures of national income and output |
| 收复 | shōu fù | to recover (lost territory etc); to recapture |
| 验收 | yàn shōu | to check on receipt; an inventory of received goods; to verify and accept (a delivery) |
| 收藏 | shōu cáng | to hoard; to collect; collection; to bookmark (internet) |
| 招收 | zhāo shōu | to hire; to recruit |
| 收敛 | shōu liǎn | to vanish; to moderate; to exercise restraint; to curb (ones' mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; to converge |
| 收效 | shōu xiào | to yield results |
| 收听 | shōu tīng | to listen (to); to listen (in) |
| 收取 | shōu qǔ | to receive; to collect |
| 收发 | shōu fā | to receive and send; to receive and transmit |
| 收费 | shōu fèi | fee; charge |
| 收工 | shōu gōng | to stop work for the day (generally of laborers); to knock off |
| 收货人 | shōu huò rén | addressee; consignee |
| 收看 | shōu kàn | to view; to watch TV; to receive TV channels |
| 收录 | shōu lù | to include; included in; to record |
| 收养 | shōu yǎng | adopt; adoption |
| 收容 | shōu róng | to take in (to a hostel); to shelter |
| 收场 | shōu chǎng | the end; an ending; to wind down; to conclude |
| 收口 | shōu kǒu | to cast off (in knitting); to sew a finishing hem; to close up (of wound); to heal |
| 收方 | shōu fāng | receiving party; recipient; debit side (of balance sheet), as opposed to credit side 付方 |
| 收编 | shōu biān | to incorporate into one's troops; to weave in |
| 无线电接收机 | wú xiàn diàn jiē shōu jī | receiver (radio) |
| 收紧 | shōu jǐn | to tighten up (restrictions etc) |
| 收税 | shōu shuì | to collect tax |
| 收缴 | shōu jiǎo | to recover (illegally obtained property); to seize; to capture; to force sb to hand over sth; to levy |
| 收发室 | shōu fā shì | mail room; radio room (i.e. reception and transmission) |
| 收罗 | shōu luó | to gather (people); to collect (talent); to come to an end |
| 秋收起义 | Qiū shōu qǐ yì | Autumn Harvest Uprising |