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手术

shǒu shù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 手術 Measure word 个

手术 (shǒu shù) means "(surgical) operation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 手术 means

1. (surgical) operation
2. surgery

The characters in 手术

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 术shùmethod; technique

Example sentences

• 该手术无痛。
  The procedure is painless.
• 我需要做手术吗？
  Do I need surgery?
• 我不想接受手术。
  I don't want to have an operation.
• 你是否同意手术？
  Do you give your consent to the operation?
• 父亲将会接受手术。
  Father is going to undergo an operation.
• 医生决定立刻动手术。
  The doctor decided to operate at once.

Words starting with 手术

• 手术室shǒu shù shìoperating room
• 手术台shǒu shù táioperating table
• 手术镊shǒu shù nièsurgical forceps

Words containing 手术

• 动手术dòng shǒu shù(of a surgeon) to operate (on sb); (of a patient) to have an operation
• 外科手术wài kē shǒu shùsurgery
• 美容手术měi róng shǒu shùcosmetic surgery
• 人流手术rén liú shǒu shùan abortion; abbr. of 人工流产手术
• 再造手术zài zào shǒu shùreconstructive surgery
• 微创手术wēi chuāng shǒu shùminimally invasive surgery
• 移植手术yí zhí shǒu shù(organ) transplant operation
• 隆乳手术lóng rǔ shǒu shùbreast enlargement operation; boob job
• 心脏搭桥手术xīn zàng dā qiáo shǒu shùcoronary bypass operation
• 剖宫产手术pōu gōng chǎn shǒu shùcesarean section
• 剖腹产手术pōu fù chǎn shǒu shùcesarean section
• 冠状动脉旁路移植手术guān zhuàng dòng mài páng lù yí zhí shǒu shùcoronary bypass operation
• 冠状动脉旁通手术guān zhuàng dòng mài páng tōng shǒu shùcoronary bypass operation

Where 手术 is taught

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

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shǒu shù correctly.
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