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HSK
5

to tidy up

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

shou1shi2 shōushí

Alternative 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.

Usage


他 每 天 都 會 收拾 房間。

He tidies up the room every day.

我 快 要 收拾 完 了。

I’m almost done tidying up.

媽媽 叫 我 收拾 桌子。

Mom asked me to clean up the table.