Collection in Chinese
collection · HSK 6
收藏
- 收 to receive
- 藏 to hide
我爷爷喜欢收藏旧邮票。 My grandpa likes collecting old stamps.
Other ways to say collection
More words with 收 or 藏
How do you say collection in Chinese?
Collection in Chinese is 收藏 (shōu cáng). You can also say 集合 (jí hé), 汇 (huì).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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