HSK · Level 62
105 words
Chinese word
录取
Pronunciation
Pinyinlù qǔ
Meaning
- verbadmit
Example
学校决定录取这名留学生。xué xiào jué dìng lù qǔ zhè míng liú xué shēng
The school decided to admit this international student.
More examples
他因为成绩优秀，被大学录取了。tā yīn wèi chéng jì yōu xiù bèi dà xué lù qǔ le
He was admitted to the university because of his excellent grades.
Core concept
An institution chooses someone and places that person among the people it officially accepts.
Common phrases
录取学生lù qǔ xué shēng
admit students
被录取bèi lù qǔ
be admitted
Similar words
录用lù yòng: Select someone for employment and officially take that person into a workplace.
招收zhāo shōu: Gather students or other people through recruitment and accept them into an institution or group.
接受jiē shòu: Agree to receive or approve an application, request, proposal, or condition.
Definition in Chinese
机构在审核或考试后决定接纳某人，并将其列入录取名额或发出录取通知的行为或结果。jī gòu zài shěn hé huò kǎo shì hòu jué dìng jiē nà mǒu rén bìng jiāng qí liè rù lù qǔ míng é huò fā chū lù qǔ tōng zhī de xíng wéi huò jié guǒ
Word origin
录 (lù, "record") + 取 (qǔ, "choose") presents acceptance as choosing a person and entering the decision in an official record.
Usage tips
- In formal Chinese, the institution is often the subject and the person the object, while English commonly expresses the same decision with the person as subject, as in "She was accepted."