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<p>One can explain <span class="hanzi">受</span> (<span class="pinyin">shòu</span>) in two ways, the first of which is as a passive marker, converting the verb placed after it into the passive. Here it plays a role very similar to <span class="hanzi">被</span>. As in the first example, something or someone can be placed between <span class="hanzi">受</span> and the verb, <span class="hanzi">受学生的欢迎</span>.</p>
<h2 id="受-as-a-passive-marker"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">受</span> as a passive marker</h2>
<h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>
<div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span class="hanzist">受</span> + ([Someone / Something]) + Verb</div>
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<h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
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<li><span class="hanzi">张老师的课 很 受 学生 的 欢迎。</span>  <span class="trans">Teacher Zhang's lessons are welcomed by the students.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">一个人 不一定 要 变得 很 有钱 或者 很 成功 才 会 受 人 尊重。</span> <span class="trans">People don't have to be rich or successful to receive respect from other people.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">中国 政府 受老百姓的批评。</span> <span class="trans">China's government is rarely criticized by common people.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">受 冷 空气 的 影响，今天 上海 特别 冷。</span> <span class="trans">Affected by the cold air, today Shanghai is especially cold.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">你 的 手机 昨晚 一直 打不通，我 想 应该 是 受 信号 干扰。</span> <span class="trans">I think your cell phone couldn't get through last night because of the signal interference.</span></li>
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<p>It must be noted that if <span class="hanzi">被</span> is explained as a passive marker, then in the above examples <span class="hanzi">欢迎</span>， <span class="hanzi">尊重</span>， <span class="hanzi">批评 </span>and <span class="hanzi">尊重</span> must all be treated as verbs rather than nouns, despite many of them appearing immediately after 的.</p>
<p>An alternative way to explain <span class="hanzi">受</span>, is as an active verb itself, meaning '<b>to obtain</b>' or '<b>to receive</b>' when dealing with positive aspects, or '<b>to suffer</b>' when dealing with negative aspects. This explanation may be more accessible to native English speakers. However whichever grammatical explanation one uses, the meaning essentially remains the same.</p>
<h2 id="受-as-a-verb"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">受</span> as a verb</h2>
<h3 id="structure-1">Structure</h3>
<div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span class="hanzist">受</span> + (<span class="hanzist">到/过</span>) + ([Something / Someone]) + Noun / Verb</div>
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<h3 id="examples-1">Examples</h3>
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<li><span class="hanzi">张老师的课 受到 了 很多 学生 的 欢迎。</span> <span class="trans">Teacher Zhang's lessons "receive" many students' welcome.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">一个人 不一定 要 变得 很 有钱 或者 很 成功 才 会 受 人 尊重。</span> <span class="trans">People don't have to be rich or successful to receive respect from other people.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">受 冷 空气 的 影响，今天 上海 特别 冷。</span> <span class="trans">"Suffering" the cold air's effect, today Shanghai is especially cold.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">我 父母 都 没 受过 很好 的 教育。</span> <span class="trans">Neither of my parents has "received" any good education.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">我 在 美国 的 第一年 ， 受到 了 很多 朋友 的 帮助。</span> <span class="trans">The first year I was in the USA, I “received” a lot of help from many friends.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">因为 期末 考试 没 考 好，他 受到 了 老师 的 批评。</span> <span class="trans">He received the teacher's criticism because he didn't do well in the final exam.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">拐卖 孩子 的 人 应该 受到 法律 的 严惩。</span> <span class="trans">People who traffick kids should receive severe punishment in law.</span></li>
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<p>It must be noted that on the occasions when <span class="hanzi">受</span> is followed immediately by <span class="hanzi">到</span> or <span class="hanzi">过</span>，it is preferable to consider <span class="hanzi">受</span> as a verb.</p>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li><a href="Bei_sentence" title="wikilink">Bei sentence</a></li>
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<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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<li>New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本4</span>) (pp. 61-2) </li>
<li><span class="hanzi">现代汉语八百词</span> (p.505) </li>
<li><span class="hanzi">卓越汉语－公司实战篇</span> (p. 35) </li>
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<h3 id="dictionaries">Dictionaries</h3>
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<li><span class="hanzi">现代汉语词典（第5版）</span> (pp. 1259） </li>
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