Dictionary › 新手

新手

xīn shǒu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

新手 (xīn shǒu) means "new hand; novice; raw recruit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 新手 means

1. new hand
2. novice
3. raw recruit

The characters in 新手

• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 我还是个新手。
  Wǒ hái shì ge xīnshǒu.
  I'm still a beginner.
• 她买了新手套。
  She bought new gloves.
• 汤姆买了新手套。
  Tom bought new gloves.
• 他仍是个商业新手。
  Tā réng shì gè shāngyè xīnshǒu.
  He is still green in business.
• 他买了一双新手套。
  He bought a new pair of gloves.
• 我想要一部新手机！
  I want a new cellphone!

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xīn shǒu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.