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收拾

shōu shi · shou shi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 5Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to put in order
  2. to tidy up
  3. to pack
  4. to repair
  5. (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. to fix sb
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Packing for the flight

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)收拾(shōushi)好(hǎo)行李(xíngli)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Dengdeng, have you packed your luggage yet?

  2. Dengdeng

    还(hái)没有(méiyǒu)。我(wǒ)明天(míngtiān)早上(zǎoshang)收拾(shōushi)。

    Not yet. I'll pack tomorrow morning.

  3. Liangliang

    你的(nǐde)飞机(fēijī)是(shì)明天(míngtiān)早上(zǎoshang)八点(bādiǎn)！

    Your flight is at eight tomorrow morning!

  4. Dengdeng

    啊(a)？那(nà)我(wǒ)现在(xiànzài)就(jiù)收拾(shōushi)！

    What? Then I'll pack right now!

  5. Liangliang

    你的(nǐde)行李箱(xínglixiāng)呢(ne)？

    Where's your suitcase?

  6. Dengdeng

    昨天(zuótiān)我(wǒ)收拾(shōushi)房间(fángjiān)，把(bǎ)它(tā)收(shōu)到(dào)床下面(chuángxiàmiàn)了(le)。

    Yesterday I tidied the room and put it under the bed.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)在(zài)我(wǒ)父(fù)母(mǔ)来(lái)之(zhī)前(qián)收(shōu)拾(shi)干(gān)净(jìng)屋(wū)子(zi)。

I want to clean the house before my parents come.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by grahambond · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)每(měi)天(tiān)下(xià)班(bān)后(hòu)都(dōu)会(huì)收(shōu)拾(shi)房(fáng)间(jiān)。

He tidies up his room every day after work.

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