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随手

suí shǒu

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 隨手

随手 (suí shǒu) means "conveniently; in passing, without extra effort". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 随手 means

1. conveniently
2. without extra trouble
3. while doing it
4. in passing

The characters in 随手

• 随suíto follow; to comply with; varying according to...
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 请随手关门。
  Please close the door behind you.
• 当他写字时, 他总是随手拿着一本字典。
  Dāng tā xiězì shí, tā zǒngshì suíshǒu ná zhe yī běn zìdiǎn.
  When he writes, he always keeps a dictionary at hand.
• 所有学英语的学生应该随手有一本好的英英词典。
  Suǒyǒu xué Yīngyǔ de xuésheng yīnggāi suíshǒu yǒu yī běn hǎo de yīng yīng cídiǎn.
  All students of English should have a good English-English dictionary at hand.

Where 随手 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read suí shǒu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.