受 + Verb (passive flavour)
A passive flavour with to receive受
- to receive受 + Verb / Noun = "be subjected to / receive" — often the subject is on the receiving end.
- popular受欢迎 = "be popular (well-received)"; to sustain injuries受伤 = "get injured".
- It quietly marks a passive-style experience.
Subj + to receive受 + Verb / Noun
- to receive受 says the subject undergoes the action / effect.
he他very很be受welcomed欢迎。
- he / him他very很popular受欢迎 = "he's very popular."
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Correct or broken?
受 + verb takes the action from outside: receives welcome, suffers influence.
Practice
He's very popular: 他很 ____ 欢迎。
受 + Verb / Noun = be subjected to / receive: 受欢迎.
Practice
受 gives the sentence a passive flavour (the subject undergoes it).
Yes — 受欢迎 / 受伤 / 受影响.
Recap
Key idea
- to receive受 + Verb / Noun — "be subjected to / receive"
- popular受欢迎 (popular) · to sustain injuries受伤 (get hurt) · to receive受influence影响 (be affected)
- A passive-style experience (often involuntary)
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Verb phrases.
Practice
受伤 means…
受 marks the subject as the one affected: 受伤, 受影响.