回收

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 废纸可以回收再利用。▶ —
   Waste paper can be recycled and reused.
2. 请把空瓶投入回收箱。▶ —
   Please put empty bottles in the recycling bin.

Collocations

Mnemonic

回 huí "to return" + 收 shōu "to collect": to collect back, i.e. to recover, to recycle. Same as the Korean word hoe-su (回收). Collecting used goods or waste to recycle them (回收利用 recycling and reuse, 垃圾回收 garbage sorting/collection, 废品回收 scrap recovery). An environmental activity of reusing resources, directly tied to 节能 and 环保. 回 means "to return" (回来, 回去); 收 means "to collect" (收集, 收回). In the domain of 废水 and 废物.

Related

Quick check

1. What does 回收 mean?

   • collecting used items to recycle
   • buying new items
   • burning trash
   • discarding things