Chinese symbol for “reception”
接收
jiē shōu
reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reception is 接收 (jiē shōu), defined as: reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “reception”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 招待会 (招待會) | zhāo dài huì | a reception; measure word: 次 (cì) |
| 收讯 (收訊) | shōu xùn | (wireless) reception |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 接收.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 直接 | zhí jiē | directly; direct |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 链接 (鏈接) | liàn jiē | to link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink |
| 接触 (接觸) | jiē chù | to touch; to contact |
| 接近 | jiē jìn | to approach; to get close to |
| 连接 (連接) | lián jiē | to link; to join; to connect |
| 收入 | shōu rù | to take in; income |
| 收到 | shōu dào | to receive |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reception”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.