拍手 meaning in English

pāishǒu

to clap one's hands

12 strokes

Meaning of 拍手

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pāishǒu
  1. to clap one's hands

拍手 in example sentences

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

所suǒ有yǒu的de学xué生shēng都dōu拍pāi手shǒu。
All the students applaud.
我wǒ不bù拍pāi手shǒu他tā们men。
I am not applauding them.
请qǐng拍pāi手shǒu。
Please clap.
我wǒ拍pāi手shǒu。
I clapped.

Stroke order for each character

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

拍 pāi · to pat · 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 拍手.

手机shǒujīcell phone; mobile phone
洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet; lavatory
手表shǒubiǎowristwatch
举手jǔshǒuto raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal)
手指shǒuzhǐfinger
对手duìshǒuopponent; rival
选手xuǎnshǒuathlete; contestant
歌手gēshǒusinger
握手wòshǒuto shake hands
手续shǒuxùprocedure; formalities
分手fēnshǒuto part company; to split up
手术shǒushù(surgical) operation; surgery

Questions about 拍手

What does 拍手 mean?

拍手 (pāishǒu) means "to clap one's hands".

How do you write 拍手?

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