受累

shòulèi

verb #30,323

Meanings

1 to be put to trouble
2 to take pains
3 (polite request) to trouble someone, to ask a favor
4 to be implicated, dragged into trouble (read shòulěi)

Characters

to receive, to bear

tired (lèi) / to implicate (lěi)

Examples

麻烦您受累跑一趟。

Máfan nín shòulèi pǎo yī tàng.

Sorry to put you to the trouble of making a trip.

这件事让大家都受累了。

Zhè jiàn shì ràng dàjiā dōu shòulèi le.

This matter has put everyone through trouble.

他因父亲的案子受累入狱。

Tā yīn fùqīn de ànzi shòulěi rùyù.

He was implicated in his father's case and jailed. (here read shòulěi)

Tips

usage

Two readings, two meanings. shòulèi (累 lèi, tired) = to be put to trouble / a polite "sorry to bother you," common in service contexts. shòulěi (累 lěi, to implicate) = to get dragged into someone else's problem. Context disambiguates: 让您受累 always shòulèi; 受牵连 / 受家人受累 leans shòulěi.

register

Standalone polite formula: 您受累! (Nín shòulèi!) — "Sorry to trouble you / Thanks for the trouble." Heard from cab drivers, delivery workers, hosts asking guests for a small favor. Very Beijing-flavored.

Stroke Order

受 shòu

累 lèi