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HSK
5

to tidy up

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

shou1shi5 shōushi

Meaning


Primary

to tidy up

Alternatives

tidy up, tidied up, tidies up, tidying up

Mnemonic


收拾 To tidy up is 收 to receive scattered things into your possession and them to place them where they should be to make them 拾 tidied up. It is usually done in silence, so we say the 拾 tidy up character [5] quietly.

Usage


他 每 天 都 会 收拾 房间。

He tidies up the room every day.

我 快 要 收拾 完 了。

I’m almost done tidying up.

妈妈 叫 我 收拾 桌子。

Mom asked me to clean up the table.