接手 meaning in English

jiēshǒu

to take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)

HSK 7-9verb15 strokes

Meaning of 接手

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jiēshǒu
  1. to take over (duties etc)
  2. catcher (baseball etc)

接手 in example sentences

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

我wǒ走zǒu了le后hòu汤tāng姆mǔ接jiē手shǒu了le。
Tom took over after I left.
他tā退tuì休xiū的de时shí候hòu,他tā儿ér子zi接jiē手shǒu了le他tā的de生shēng意yì。
When he retired, his son took over the business.
他tā接jiē手shǒu了le这zhè所suǒ学xué校xiào的de校xiào务wù。
He took over this school.
他tā接jiē手shǒu了le他tā父fù亲qīn的de公gōng司sī。
He has taken over his father's business.

Stroke order for each character

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

接 jiē · to receive · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

手 shǒu · hand · 4 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 接手.

手机shǒujīcell phone; mobile phone
洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet; lavatory
接受jiēshòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
直接zhíjiēdirectly; direct
接下来jiē xiàláito accept; to take
接着jiēzheto catch and hold on; to continue
接到jiēdàoto receive (letter etc)
手表shǒubiǎowristwatch
举手jǔshǒuto raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal)
接近jiējìnto approach; to get close to
手指shǒuzhǐfinger
对手duìshǒuopponent; rival

Questions about 接手

What does 接手 mean?

接手 (jiēshǒu) means "to take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 接手?

接手 is made of 2 characters: 接 (11 strokes), 手 (4 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 接手 an HSK word?

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