下手 meaning in English

xiàshǒu

to start; to put one's hand to

HSK 7-97 strokes

Meaning of 下手

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiàshǒu

to start
to put one's hand to
to set about
the seat to the right of the main guest

下手 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men去qù办bàn一yī下xià手shǒu续xù吧ba。

Let's deal with the formalities.

她tā放fàng下xià手shǒu中zhōng的de针zhēn线xiàn活huó，并bìng站zhàn了le起qǐ来lái。

She put aside the sewing and stood up.

他tā垂chuí下xià手shǒu臂bì环huán绕rào住zhù她tā然rán后hòu亲qīn吻wěn。

He slid his arms around her and kissed her.

先xiān下xià手shǒu为wéi强qiáng，后hòu下xià手shǒu遭zāo殃yāng。

Get them before they get us.

俗sú话huà说shuō：人rén不bù犯fàn我wǒ，我wǒ不bù犯fàn人rén；可kě俗sú话huà又yòu说shuō：先xiān下xià手shǒu为wéi强qiáng，后hòu下xià手shǒu遭zāo殃yāng!

As the saying goes: As long as you don't offend me, I won't offend you. But there's another saying: To strike first means victory, to strike second means tragedy.

Stroke order for each character

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下 xià · down · 3 strokes

手 shǒu · hand · 4 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 下手.

坐下	zuò xia	to sit down
手机	shǒujī	cell phone; mobile phone
下次	xià cì	next time
下午	xiàwǔ	afternoon; p.m.
下车	xià chē	to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
楼下	lóu xià	downstairs
下班	xiàbān	to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
下雨	xià yǔ	to rain
洗手间	xǐshǒujiān	toilet; lavatory
下课	xiàkè	to finish class; to get out of class
下边	xiàbian	under; the underside
一下儿	yīxiàr	erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]

Questions about 下手

What does 下手 mean?

下手 (xiàshǒu) means "to start; to put one's hand to".

How do you write 下手?

下手 is made of 2 characters: 下 (3 strokes), 手 (4 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 下手 an HSK word?

Yes. 下手 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.