手术

Character by character

• 手shǒu4 strokesHSK 1hand
• 术shù5 strokesHSK 3 traditional 術art, skill, special feat; method, technique

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我需要做手术吗？

  Wǒ xū yào zuò shǒu shù ma

  Do I need surgery?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 手术. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 手shǒuHSK 1

  hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill

• 技术jì shùHSK 3

  technology; technique; skill

• 手机shǒu jīHSK 1

  cell phone; mobile phone

• 选手xuǎn shǒuHSK 3

  athlete; contestant

• 艺术yì shùHSK 3

  art

• 对手duì shǒuHSK 3

  opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match

• 手里shǒu lǐHSK 4

  in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands

• 手段shǒu duànHSK 5

  method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick

• 分手fēn shǒuHSK 4

  to part company; to split up; to break up

• 歌手gē shǒuHSK 3

  singer

• 手指shǒu zhǐHSK 3

  finger

• 动手dòng shǒuHSK 5

  to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch

• 双手shuāng shǒuHSK 5

  both hands

• 杀手shā shǒuHSK 7

  killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player

• 高手gāo shǒuHSK 6

  expert; past master; dab hand

• 战术zhàn shùHSK 6

  tactics

• 放手fàng shǒu

  to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand

• 手法shǒu fǎHSK 5

  technique; trick; skill

• 手臂shǒu bìHSK 7

  arm; helper

• 凶手xiōng shǒuHSK 6

  murderer; assassin

• 着手zhuó shǒuHSK 7

  to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out

• 手续shǒu xùHSK 3

  procedure; formalities

• 出手chū shǒuHSK 7

  to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task

• 助手zhù shǒuHSK 5

  assistant; helper