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手 shǒu

hand

Strokes
4
Level
HSK 2
Type
Pictograph

Memory hint: A hand with the fingers splayed

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  1. 他戴着一块手表。
    Tā dài zhe yí kuài shǒubiǎo.
    He's wearing a watch.
    he wear (progressive) one (measure) hand-watch
  2. 洗手间在哪里？
    Xǐshǒujiān zài nǎlǐ?
    Where's the bathroom?
    wash-hand-room at where
  3. 请把手机给我看看。
    Qǐng bǎ shǒujī gěi wǒ kànkan.
    Please let me see your phone.
    please (particle) hand-machine give me look-look
  4. 我没有手表。
    Wǒ méiyǒu shǒubiǎo.
    I don't have a watch.
    I not-have hand-watch
  5. 洗手间在楼下。
    Xǐshǒujiān zài lóu xià.
    The bathroom is downstairs.
    wash-hand-room at building down

Words with 手 (28)