A receiver and method for receiving wireless signal are characterized in that a multi-branch correcting and switching module (402) is added, which is used for amplitude and phase correction of multiple digital baseband signals outputted from a multi-branch correction preprocess module (401); then, the signals are switched according to a switching strategy, and one of the corrected digital baseband signals is outputted; finally, the selected digital baseband signal is inputted to a digital receiving path post-stage (403) and further digital processing on the signal is performed, so that a bit stream is outputted. The multiple digital baseband signals are corrected before switching to be consistent with each other in terms of amplitude and phase, and specific synchronization information is not necessary; therefore, the signals can be switched rapidly when the signals are varied and need to be switched, and a rapid track for the signal change is achieved.