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握手

wò shǒu

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

握手 (wò shǒu) means "to shake hands". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 握手 means

1. to shake hands

The characters in 握手

• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 和我握手。
  Shake my hand.
• 让我们握手吧。
  Let's shake hands.
• 他拒绝跟我握手。
  He refused to shake hands with me.
• 他和他的朋友握手。
  He shook hands with his friend.
• 我走进了房间与他握手。
  Wǒ zǒujìn le fángjiān yǔ tā wòshǒu.
  I entered the room and shook hands with him.
• 我决不会忘记去年与总统握手的情景。
  Wǒ juébù huì wàngjì qùnián yǔ zǒngtǒng wòshǒu de qíngjǐng.
  I'll never forget shaking the President's hand last year.

Where 握手 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Interpersonal interactions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wò shǒu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.