HSK 5 · VERSION 2.0#54
Passive Verbs with “shòu”
受
How it works
受 (shòu) is often used in formal Chinese to express receiving or undergoing something, especially:
influence
treatment
restriction
education
injury
It frequently appears in passive-like expressions.
The pattern
Subject + 受 (shòu) + Noun / Verb-like Noun
Example sentences
这个决定会直接受市场变化的影响。
This decision will be directly affected by market changes.
他小时候受过很严格的训练。
He received very strict training when he was young.
由于天气原因，航班受到了很大影响。
Due to the weather, the flight was greatly affected.
Key point
受 (shòu) often appears in formal written expressions and is especially common with nouns such as 影响 (yǐngxiǎng), 欢迎 (huānyíng), 限制 (xiànzhì), and 教育 (jiàoyù).