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挥手 meaning in English

huīshǒu

to wave (one's hand)

Traditional 揮手13 strokes

Meaning of 挥手

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huīshǒu
  1. to wave (one's hand)

挥手 in example sentences

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

她tā边biān挥huī手shǒu边biān微wēi笑xiào著zhù。
She smiled, waving her hand.
汤tāng姆mǔ挥huī手shǒu了le。
Tom waved.
她tā挥huī了le挥huī手shǒu。
She waved her arms.
汤tāng姆mǔ在zài直zhí升shēng机jī上shàng向xiàng玛mǎ丽lì挥huī手shǒu。
Tom waved at Mary from the helicopter.
火huǒ车chē开kāi出chū的de时shí候hòu，他tā们men都dōu挥huī手shǒu向xiàng父fù母mǔ道dào别bié。
They waved good-bye to their parents as the train pulled out.

Stroke order for each character

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

挥 huī · to wave · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

手 shǒu · hand · 4 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 挥手.

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 挥手

What does 挥手 mean?

挥手 (huīshǒu) means "to wave (one's hand)".

How do you write 挥手?

挥手 is made of 2 characters: 挥 (9 strokes), 手 (4 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

How is 挥手 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 挥手 is written 揮手.