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把手

bǎ shou

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

把手 (bǎ shǒu) means "to shake hands; handle; grip". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 把手 means

1. handle
2. grip
3. knob

Other readings

把手 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bǎ shǒuto shake hands

The characters in 把手

• 把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 把手举起来！
  Put your hands up!
• 他把手插进口袋里。
  Tā bǎ shǒu chājìn kǒudài lǐ.
  He put his hands in his pockets.

Words containing 把手

• 一把手yī bǎ shǒuworking hand; member of a work team; participant; the boss (short form of 第一把手
• 门把手mén bǎ shoudoor knob; door handle
• 搭把手dā bǎ shǒuto help out
• 二把手èr bǎ shǒudeputy leader; the second-in-command
• 第一把手dì yī bǎ shǒuthe person in charge; the head of the leadership group
• 搭把手儿dā bǎ shǒu rerhua variant of 搭把手

Where 把手 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · áng–bǎ (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 bǎ shou correctly.
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