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二手

èr shǒu

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

二手 (èr shǒu) means "indirectly acquired; second-hand (information, equipment etc); assistant". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 二手 means

1. indirectly acquired
2. second-hand (information, equipment etc)
3. assistant

The characters in 二手

• 二èrtwo; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 不，是二手的。
  No, it's second-hand.
• 我买不起二手车。
  I cannot afford to buy a used car.
• 汤姆劝他别买二手车。
  Tāngmǔ quàn tā bié mǎi èrshǒuchē.
  Tom advised him not to buy the secondhand car.
• 他应该买一辆二手车的。
  Tā yīnggāi mǎi yī liàng èrshǒuchē de.
  He should have bought a used car.
• 汤姆建议我不要买二手车。
  Tāngmǔ jiànyì wǒ bù yào mǎi èrshǒuchē.
  Tom advised me not to buy a secondhand car.
• 太郎上周买了一辆二手车。
  Taro bought a used car last week.

Words starting with 二手

• 二手车èr shǒu chēsecond-hand car
• 二手房èr shǒu fángsecond-hand house; house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
• 二手烟èr shǒu yānsecond-hand smoke
• 二手货èr shǒu huòsecond-hand goods; used goods

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