Chinese word dictionary

搜集

sōují · to gather; to collect

Practice word

Word information

Simplified搜集

Traditional蒐集

Pinyinsōují

Part of speech动

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

搜sōu

to seek, to search, to investigate

集jí

to gather, to collect; set, collection

How to learn 搜集

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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集jí

to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode

集合jíhé

to gather; to assemble; (math.) set

集体jítǐ

collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group

集中jízhōng

to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together

收集shōují

to gather; to collect

搜sōu

(bound form) to collect; to gather; to search; variant of 蒐|搜[sou1]