到手 meaning in English

dàoshǒu

to take possession of; to get hold of

12 strokes

Meaning of 到手

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dàoshǒu
  1. to take possession of
  2. to get hold of

到手 in example sentences

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

小xiǎo心xīn切qiè到dào手shǒu。
Carefully cut it while holding it in your hands.
我wǒ刚gāng刚gāng切qiè到dào手shǒu指zhǐ了le。
I just cut my finger.
好hǎo痛tòng!被bèi门mén夹jiā到dào手shǒu指zhǐ了le!
Ouch! My finger got caught in the door.
合hé同tóng已yǐ经jīng到dào手shǒu了le,那nà就jiù出chū去qù庆qìng祝zhù一yī下xià吧ba。
The contract is in the bag, so let's go out and celebrate.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

到 dào · to reach · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

手 shǒu · hand · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 到手.

看到kàndàoto see
找到zhǎodàoto find
得到dédàoto get; to obtain; to receive
听到tīngdàoto hear
回到huídàoto return to
来到láidàoto arrive; to come
手机shǒujīcell phone; mobile phone
洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet; lavatory
见到jiàndàoto see
做到zuòdàoto accomplish; to achieve
感到gǎndàoto feel; to sense; to perceive
收到shōudàoto receive

Questions about 到手

What does 到手 mean?

到手 (dàoshǒu) means "to take possession of; to get hold of".

How do you write 到手?

到手 is made of 2 characters: 到 (8 strokes), 手 (4 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.