收割

shōugē

verb HSK 7-9 #15,980

Meanings

1 to harvest
2 to reap
3 to gather in crops

Characters

to receive; to collect; to harvest

to cut; to reap

Examples

HSK 3

秋天是收割的季节。

Qiūtiān shì shōugē de jìjié.

Autumn is the harvest season.

HSK 7-9

农民们正在收割稻子。

Nóngmínmen zhèngzài shōugē dàozi.

The farmers are harvesting rice.

Tips

usage

In internet slang, 收割 is used metaphorically to mean extracting money or benefits from a group, as in 收割韭菜 (harvesting leeks = fleecing investors/consumers).

Stroke Order

收 shōu

割 gē