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手帕

shǒu pà

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Measure word 方

手帕 (shǒu pà) means "handkerchief". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 手帕 means

1. handkerchief

The characters in 手帕

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 帕pàto wrap; kerchief; handkerchief

Example sentences

• 你的手帕掉了。
  Nǐ de shǒupà diào le.
  You dropped your handkerchief.
• 她老是弄丢她的手帕。
  Tā lǎoshi nòngdiū tā de shǒupà.
  She is always losing her handkerchief.
• 他用手帕把手抹干净。
  Tāyòng shǒupà bǎshǒu mā gānjìng.
  He wiped his hands on a handkerchief.
• 请问这个手帕多少钱？
  How much is this handkerchief?
• 她整齐地把她的手帕折好。
  She folded her handkerchief neatly.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shǒu pà correctly.
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