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手套

shǒu tào

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 双、只

手套 (shǒu tào) means "glove". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 手套 means

1. glove
2. mitten

The characters in 手套

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 套tàoto cover; to encase; cover

Example sentences

• 他戴着手套。
  He is wearing gloves.
• 汤姆戴着手套。
  Tom is wearing gloves.
• 她买了新手套。
  She bought new gloves.
• 这是汤姆的手套。
  These gloves belong to Tom.
• 汤姆买了新手套。
  Tom bought new gloves.
• 那是您的手套吗？
  Are these your gloves?

Words starting with 手套

• 手套箱shǒu tào xiāngglove compartment (of a car); glovebox…

Words containing 手套

• 白手套bái shǒu tàowhite glove; (fig.) (slang) intermediary in negotiations…
• 连指手套lián zhǐ shǒu tàomittens
• 防毒手套fáng dú shǒu tàoprotective gloves
• 拳击手套quán jī shǒu tàoboxing glove
• 空手套白狼kōng shǒu tào bái láng(colloquial) to make big gains without putting in effort or resources
• 丁腈手套dīng jīng shǒu tàonitrile glove

Where 手套 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Hands, Surgery & Procedures (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shǒu tào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.