Chinese symbol for “takeover”
收购
shōu gòu
Traditional: 收購
to purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acquisition; takeover
The closest CC-CEDICT match for takeover is 收购 (shōu gòu), defined as: to purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acquisition; takeover.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 收购.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 收入 | shōu rù | to take in; income |
| 收到 | shōu dào | to receive |
| 收集 | shōu jí | to gather; to collect |
| 收费 (收費) | shōu fèi | to charge a fee |
| 吸收 | xī shōu | to absorb; to assimilate |
| 购买 (購買) | gòu mǎi | to purchase; to buy |
| 采购 (採購) | cǎi gòu | to procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase |
| 购物 (購物) | gòu wù | shopping |
See also: Japanese symbol for “takeover”.
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.