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接手

jiē shǒu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

接手 (jiē shǒu) means "to take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 接手 means

1. to take over (duties etc)
2. catcher (baseball etc)

The characters in 接手

• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 我走了后汤姆接手了。
  Wǒ zǒu le hòu Tāngmǔ jiēshǒu le.
  Tom took over after I left.
• 他接手了他父亲的公司。
  Tā jiēshǒu le tā fùqīn de gōngsī.
  He has taken over his father's business.
• 他接手了这所学校的校务。
  He took over this school.
• 他退休的时候，他儿子接手了他的生意。
  Tā tuìxiū de shíhou, tā érzi jiē shǒu le tā de shēngyi.
  When he retired, his son took over his business.

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