HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

下手

xiàshǒu

to start

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Meaning of 下手 in English

xiàshǒuHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #9818
  1. to start
  2. to put one's hand to
  3. to set about
  4. the seat to the right of the main guest

Example sentences

  1. 先下手为强，后下手遭殃。
    xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng， hòu xià shǒu zāo yāng。
    Get them before they get us.
    Tatoeba #2453078 by fenfang557 · #2453076 by fenfang557 · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

下 on its own →
xià · measure word to show the frequency of an

HSK words with 下

下HSK 1下雨HSK 1下班HSK 1下课HSK 1下午HSK 1一下HSK 1下来HSK 2下面HSK 2下去HSK 2以下HSK 3
手 on its own →
shǒu · hand

HSK words with 手

手机HSK 1手HSK 2手表HSK 2洗手间HSK 2歌手HSK 4动手HSK 5对手HSK 5二手HSK 5分手HSK 5手段HSK 5

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences