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袖子

xiù zi

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

袖子 (xiù zi) means "sleeve". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 袖子 means

1. sleeve

The characters in 袖子

• 袖xiùsleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 卷起你的袖子。
  Roll up your sleeves.
• 卷起你右边的袖子。
  Juǎnqǐ nǐ yòubian de xiùzi.
  Roll up your right sleeve.

Words containing 袖子

• 甩袖子shuǎi xiù zito swing one's sleeve (in anger)
• 捋袖子luō xiù zito push up one's sleeves

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