可回收物

kěhuíshōuwù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 recyclables
  2. 2 recyclable waste

Examples

HSK 4
Sùliào píng hé jiù bàozhǐ dōu shì kěhuíshōuwù.
Plastic bottles and old newspapers are both recyclables.
HSK 4
Qǐng bǎ kěhuíshōuwù rēngjìn lánsè de lājītǒng.
Please put recyclables in the blue bin.

Tips

culture
One of the four categories of China's 垃圾分类 'waste sorting', made compulsory in Shanghai in 2019 and then in other big cities: 可回收物, 有害垃圾 'hazardous waste', 厨余垃圾 'kitchen waste' and 其他垃圾 'other waste'. Shanghai calls the last two 湿垃圾 'wet waste' and 干垃圾 'dry waste'. Recyclables go in the blue bin.

Stroke Order

可 kě
回 huí
收 shōu
物 wù