收拾

Chinese

Pronunciation

Verb

收拾

1. to tidy (a table, room, etc.); to put in order; to clean up; to clear; to pack (one’s bags)

   你們收拾收拾，準備吃飯嘍。 [MSC, trad.]
   你们收拾收拾，准备吃饭喽。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐmen shōushi shōushi, zhǔnbèi chīfàn lou.

   Pack up you lot and get ready to eat.

2. to mend; to repair
3. (colloquial) to deal with; to punish; to discipline
4. (colloquial) to settle a score with; to kill or harm; to wipe out
5. (archaic, transitive) to free oneself of; to extricate oneself from; to relieve oneself of; to get rid of (sorrow, sadness)

   • 底事登臨好時節，等閑收拾許多愁。 [MSC, trad.]
     底事登临好时节，等闲收拾许多愁。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 11th century CE, 秦觀, 秋興九首·擬白樂天

     Dǐshì dēnglín hǎo shíjié, děngxián shōushí xǔduō chóu.

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   • 打疊起嗟呀，畢罷了牽掛，收拾了憂愁，準備著撐達。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     打叠起嗟呀，毕罢了牵挂，收拾了忧愁，准备着撑达。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Shifu, The Story of the Western Wing, 13^th – 14^th centuries CE

     Dǎdié qǐ jiēyā, bìbà le qiānguà, shōushí le yōuchóu, zhǔnbèi zhe chēngdá.

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   • 早收拾新愁重織 [MSC, trad.]
     早收拾新愁重织 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 14th century CE, 張埜, 奪錦標·七夕

     zǎo shōushí xīnchóu zhòng zhī

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Synonyms

• (to tidy): 清理 (qīnglǐ), (colloquial) 拾掇 (shíduo), 梳理 (shūlǐ), 整理 (zhěnglǐ)
• (to mend):

• (to punish):

• (to wipe out):

Derived terms

Korean

Noun

收拾 • (suseup) (hangeul 수습)

1. Hanja form^? of 수습.