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手续

shǒu xù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 手續 Measure word 道、个

手续 (shǒu xù) means "procedure, formalities". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 手续 means

1. procedure
2. formalities

The characters in 手续

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 续xùto continue; to replenish

Example sentences

• 手续费是多少？
  Shǒuxùfèi shì duōshao?
  How much is the commission?
• 我们去办一下手续吧。
  Wǒmen qù bàn yīxià shǒuxù ba.
  Let's deal with the formalities.
• 联合航空公司办理登机手续的柜台在哪里？
  Liánhé Hángkōng gōngsī bànlǐ dēngjī shǒuxù de guìtái zài nǎlǐ?
  Where is the United Airlines check-in counter?
• 如果你不按照安全手续来的话，你可能会受伤的。
  Rúguǒ nǐ bù ànzhào ānquán shǒuxù lái dehuà, nǐ kěnéng huì shòushāng de.
  You may injure yourself if you don't follow safety procedures.

Words starting with 手续

• 手续费shǒu xù fèiservice charge; processing fee; commission

Words containing 手续

• 登机手续dēng jī shǒu xù(airport) check-in; boarding formalities
• 登机手续柜台dēng jī shǒu xù guì táicheck-in counter

Where 手续 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 xù correctly.
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