授受

Chinese

		to teach; to instruct; to award to teach; to instruct; to award; to give	to bear; to stand; to endure to bear; to stand; to endure; (passive marker); to receive
simp. and trad. (授受)		授	受

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shòushòu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄕㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ sau⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siū-siǔ / siū-siū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shòushòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄕㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shòushòu
  - Wade–Giles: shou⁴-shou⁴
  - Yale: shòu-shòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showshow
  - Palladius: шоушоу (šoušou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau⁶ sau⁶
  - Yale: sauh sauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ sau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ seo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² sɐu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-siǔ
  - Tâi-lô: siū-siǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹⁻²² siu²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-siū
  - Tâi-lô: siū-siū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuxsiu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu²²⁻²¹ siu²²/

Middle Chinese: dzyuwH dzyuwX

Rime
Character	授	受
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	承呪切	殖酉切
Baxter	dzyuwH	dzyuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨu^H/	/d͡ʑɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiu^H/	/d͡ʑiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiəu^H/	/d͡ʑiəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuw^H/	/d͡ʑuw^X/
Li Rong	/ʑiu^H/	/ʑiu^X/
Wang Li	/ʑĭəu^H/	/ʑĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ə̯u^H/	/ʑi̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shòu	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau⁶	sau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]uʔ-s [d]uʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*djus djuʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	授	受
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shòu	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyuw^H ›	‹ dzyuw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]uʔ-s/	/*[d]uʔ/
English	give; hand over	receive
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	授	受
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	11676	11674
Phonetic component	受	受
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	授	受
Old Chinese	/*djus/	/*djuʔ/

Verb

授受

(literary) to give and accept

Derived terms

授受不親 / 授受不亲 (shòushòubùqīn)
男女授受不親 / 男女授受不亲 (nánnǚ shòushòubùqīn)
私相授受 (sīxiāngshòushòu)