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手势 shǒushì

手势 shǒushì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 手势 shǒushì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǒushì | shou3 shi4
English translation
gesture
sign
signal

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About 手势 shǒushì

Read some general information about the Chinese word 手势 shǒushì .

Traditional form

手勢

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 手势 shǒushì

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shǒu

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand with five fingers.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4
shì

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhí represents the sound. Simplified form of shì .

Phonetic compound

zhí

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

执力

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 手势 shǒushì

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liǎng shǒu tān ,打了个表示 biǎoshì 歉意 qiàn yì de 手势 shǒushì .

He made a little apologetic gesture with both hands.

lǎo zài zuò xiē 夸张 kuāzhāng de 手势 shǒushì .

She always makes some theatrical gesture.

3兄弟 xiōngdì wán kān 手势 shǒushì 猜字谜游戏 yóuxì

She and her three brothers played charades.

Xiàng 另外 lìngwài 那辆汽车 qì chē de 司机 sījī zuò le 粗野 cū yě de 手势 shǒushì

He made a rude gesture at the driver of the other car.

手势 shǒushì Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 手势 shǒushì and their own compounds.

手势 shǒushì Compounds

See all 49 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 手势 shǒushì in their composition.

  • shǒu
      • , ,
      • ,
    • zhǎng
      • chēng , chēng , , ,
    • quán
    • pān
    • luán
    • qíng , Zhì , luán , bāi , chè , , , qiè , bāi , zhì , , qiān , , yán , jiū , , niè , , piē , lǎn , chǒu , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
  • shì
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