查收 (chá shōu) — to check and accept; to receive and verify (mail, goods, or enclosed items)

Definition

A formal written/business term meaning "please check and accept (the enclosed item)." Used almost only in letters, emails, and shipping notices — the sender's polite instruction to the receiver to verify the attachment.

verb
to check and acceptto receive and verify (mail, goods, or enclosed items)

Examples

  • 查收。
    Qǐng chá shōu fù jiàn zhōng de hé tong.
    Please check and accept the contract in the attachment.
  • ，查收。
    Huò wù yǐ jì chū, qǐng jí shí chá shōu.
    The goods have been shipped; please check and accept them promptly.
  • ，查收。
    Yàng pǐn suí xìn fù shàng, qǐng chá shōu.
    The sample is enclosed with this letter; please check and accept it.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

查chácheck
收shōuaccept

查 is to check and 收 is to accept, together meaning verify and receive.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě查chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

查 pairs 木 (wood) with 且, which shows the sound. It originally meant a hawthorn tree or a wooden raft.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

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