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手势

shǒu shì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 手勢

手势 (shǒu shì) means "gesture". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 手势 means

1. gesture; sign; signal

The characters in 手势

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 势shìpower; influence; potential

Example sentences

• 她们用手势沟通。
  They communicate with each other by gesture.
• 多温柔的手势啊。
  What a tender gesture.
• 约翰当时在疯狂地打手势。
  John motioned furiously.
• 人们在美国使用这些手势吗?
  Rénmen zài Měiguó shǐyòng zhèxiē shǒushì ma?
  Do people in America use these gestures?
• 她给我打了一个看不懂的手势。
  Tā gěi wǒ dǎ le yī gè kànbudǒng de shǒushì.
  She gave me a hand gesture I didn't understand.
• 我对她做了一个手势，叫她坐下。
  I motioned for her to sit down.

Sounds the same

Read shǒu shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 首饰jewelry; head ornament
• 手式gesture; sign; signal
• 守势defensive position; guard

Where 手势 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shí–shū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shǒu shì correctly.
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