授 (shòu): (bound form) to confer, to give, (bound form) to teach, to instruct, (literary) to appoint
授 (shòu) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to confer.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 受 (phonetic). It ranks #968 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 授 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- (bound form) to confer
- to give
- (bound form) to teach
- to instruct
- (literary) to appoint
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 授
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 授权 | shòu quán | to authorize |
| 授予 | shòu yǔ | to award |
| 人工授精 | rén gōng shòu jīng | artificial insemination |
| 授课 | shòu kè | to teach |
| 授意 | shòu yì | to inspire |
| 讲授 | jiǎng shòu | to lecture |
| 授勋 | shòu xūn | to award an honor |
| 授粉 | shòu fěn | to pollinate |
| 函授 | hán shòu | to teach by correspondence |
| 客座教授 | kè zuò jiào shòu | visiting professor |
| 授命 | shòu mìng | to give orders |
| 追授 | zhuī shòu | to posthumously award |
| 授奖 | shòu jiǎng | to award a prize |
| 副教授 | fù jiào shòu | associate professor (university post) |
| 授人以柄 | shòu rén yǐ bǐng | to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom) |
授 appears in 43 compound words: 56 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 授 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 授.
Example Sentences
请授出你的证件,配合我们的工作。
qǐng shòu chū nǐ de zhèng jiàn , pèi gě wǒ men de gōng zuò .
Please present your identification and cooperate with our investigation.
张锦芳教授 - 过早认识避孕方法 等于鼓励性行为?...
zhāng jǐn fāng jiào shòu guò zǎo rèn shí bì yùn fāng fǎ děng yú gǔ lì xìng háng wéi ? . . .
Professor Cheung Kam-fong - Premature understanding of contraceptive methods equals encouraging sexual behaviour?...
台湾人在大陆》台湾教授在大陆的“艺术乡建”
tái wān rén zài dà lù tái wān jiào shòu zài dà lù de yì shù xiāng jiàn
Taiwanese in the Mainland" Taiwanese professor's "art township construction" in the mainland
...hilpa Biologicals 达成授权协议,致力扩大拉丁美洲生物相似药的可及...
. . . h i l p a B i o l o g i c a l s dá chéng shòu quán xié yì , zhì lì kuò dà lā dīng měi zhōu shēng wù xiāng sì yào de kě jí . . .
... hilpa Biologicals has entered into a licensing agreement to expand access to biosimilars in Latin America...
包括大马人 即日起飞英必须要有电子旅行授权
bāo kuò dà mǎ rén jí rì qǐ fēi yīng bì xū yāo yǒu diàn zǐ lǚ háng shòu quán
Including Malaysians, from now on, flying to the UK must have an electronic travel authorization
广东流行歌诞生前我们听甚么?中大教授翻查史料还原时代曲面貌
guǎng dōng liú háng gē dàn shēng qián wǒ men tīng shèn má ? zhōng dà jiào shòu fān chá shǐ liào hái yuán shí dài qū miàn mào
What did we listen to before the birth of Cantonese pop songs? CUHK professors check historical materials to restore the appearance of the times
他曾经被授予金牌。
Tā céngjīng bèi shòuyǔ jīnpái.
He's been awarded a gold medal once.
特蕾莎修女被授予诺贝尔奖。
Tè lěi shā xiūnǚ bèi shòuyǔ Nuòbèi'ěr Jiǎng.
Mother Teresa was given the Nobel prize.
授之以鱼,不如授之以渔。
Shòu zhī yǐ yú, bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú.
It's better to teach someone how to fish than to give someone a fish.
凯教授已研究昆虫四十年。
Kǎi jiàoshòu yǐ yánjiū kūnchóng sìshí nián.
Professor Kai has been studying insects for forty years.
Character Family
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