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招手

zhāo shǒu

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

招手 (zhāo shǒu) means "to wave; to beckon". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 招手 means

1. to wave
2. to beckon

The characters in 招手

• 招zhāoto recruit; to provoke; to beckon
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 她笑眯眯的对我招手。
  She waved her hand to me, smiling brightly.
• 那个向你招手的女孩是谁？
  Nàge xiàng nǐ zhāoshǒu de nǚhái shì shéi?
  Who is that girl waving to you?
• 她上飞机前，给我招了招手。
  Tā shàng fēijī qián, gěi wǒ zhāo le zhāo shǒu.
  She waved at me before she got on board the plane.

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