收藏

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate
trad. (收藏)		收	藏
simp. #(收藏)		收	藏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōucáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄘㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ cong⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-chhòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-chông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōucáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄘㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shoucáng
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-tsʻang²
    • Yale: shōu-tsáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoutsarng
    • Palladius: шоуцан (šoucan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ cong⁴
    • Yale: sāu chòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ tsong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ cong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-chhòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: su´ congˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ cong²
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-chông
    • Tâi-lô: siu-tsông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuzoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ t͡sɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ²³/

Verb

收藏

1. to collect and store; to store up; to put away for safekeeping

   古玩收藏不適合猶猶豫豫的人。 [MSC, trad.]
   古玩收藏不适合犹犹豫豫的人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gǔwán shōucáng bù shìhé yóu yóu yù yù de rén. [Pinyin]

   Those who hesitate do not make good antique collectors.

Synonyms

• 保藏 (bǎocáng)
• 儲藏／储藏 (chǔcáng)
• 寶藏／宝藏 (bǎocáng) (literary)
• 庋藏 (literary)
• 收囥 (Hokkien)
• 珍藏 (zhēncáng)
• 貯囥／贮囥 (Hokkien)
• 貯藏／贮藏 (zhùcáng)

 

Derived terms

• 收藏品 (shōucángpǐn)
• 收藏家 (shōucángjiā)
• 收藏癖