握手
wò shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

握手
 - 
wò shǒu
  1. to shake hands

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fēn shǒu
  1. 1 to part company
  2. 2 to split up
  3. 3 to break up
Shè shǒu zuò
  1. 1 Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
  2. 2 popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
shǒu
  1. 1 hand
  2. 2 (formal) to hold
  3. 3 person engaged in certain types of work
  4. 4 person skilled in certain types of work
  5. 5 personal(ly)
  6. 6 convenient
  7. 7 classifier for skill
  8. 8 classifier: 双 shuāng
  9. 9 classifier: 只 zhī
shǒu jī
  1. 1 cell phone
  2. 2 mobile phone
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 支 zhī
yī shǒu
  1. 1 a skill
  2. 2 mastery of a trade
  3. 3 by oneself
  4. 4 without outside help

Idioms (20)

一手交钱,一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不怕神一样的对手,就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
人有失手,马有失蹄
rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí
  1. 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
  3. 3 even the best fall down sometimes

Sample Sentences

握手是一种友好的表示。
wòshǒu shì yīzhǒng yǒuhǎo de biǎoshì 。
Shaking hands is an expression of friendship.
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我觉得我们第一个学到的词是“握手”。
wǒ juéde wǒmen dì yī ge xuédào de cí shì “wòshǒu ”。
I think the first word that we studied was “to shake hands”.
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什么呀!很多人并不是干坏事才得艾滋的。其实除了性传播、母婴传播和血液传播,其他接触都是安全的,像拥抱,握手,交谈都不用担心。
shénme ya !hěn duō rén bìngbùshì gànhuàishì cái dé qìzī de 。qíshí chúle xìng chuánbō 、mǔyīng chuánbō hé xuèyèchuánbō ,qítā jiēchù dōushì ānquán de ,xiàng yōngbào ,wòshǒu ,jiāotán dōu bùyòng dānxīn 。
Nonsense! Lots of people who have done nothing wrong still get AIDS. Actually, other than being spread through sexual contact, or from a mother to child, or through blood, all other contact is safe. There's no need to worry about hugging, holding hands or having a conversation.
在中国,握手就可以了。
zài Zhōngguó ,wòshǒu jiù kěyǐ le 。
In China, you can just shake hands.
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敬个礼呀,握握手,
jìng ge lǐ yā ,wòwo shǒu ,
Let’s salute and then shake hands,