HSK 5 · Clothing

手套 shǒutào “glove” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 手套 means

  1. glove
  2. mitten

Measure word 双 shuāng or 只 zhī · 一双手套 yì shuāng shǒutào

How to say 手套

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale手shǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale套tào4th tone, falling

手套 in a sentence

  1. 她买了新手套。

    Tā mǎi le xīn shǒutào.

    She bought new gloves.

    Sentence #5684084 from Tatoeba

  2. 他戴着手套。

    Tā dài zhe shǒutào.

    He’s wearing gloves.

    Sentence #410823 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 父亲买了一双手套给我。

    Fùqīn mǎi le yì shuāng shǒutào gěi wǒ.

    My father bought me a pair of gloves.

    Sentence #515528 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 手套 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 手 (shǒu) drawn as one shape
手shǒuhand

手 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a hand with its fingers spread. On the left of a character it is written 扌.

The character 套 (tào) with each of its parts in a different colour
套tàoto cover
  • 大big · dà
  • 镸long form of 長 · cháng

How to write 手套

手 4 strokes · 套 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

手套 (shǒutào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 手套 (shǒutào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 手套

Words with 手

手shǒu · hand手表shǒubiǎo · watch手机shǒujī · mobile phone洗手间xǐshǒujiān · toilet分手fēnshǒu · to break up手术shǒushù · (surgical) operation手指shǒuzhǐ · finger对手duìshǒu · opponent握手wòshǒu · to shake hands手工shǒugōng · handmade

Words with 套

套tào · set配套pèitào · to form a complete set圈套quāntào · trap

More words: Clothing & Appearance

服装fúzhuāng · dress戒指jièzhi · (finger) ring牛仔裤niúzǎikù · jeans时尚shíshàng · fashion围巾wéijīn · scarf项链xiàngliàn · necklace辫子biànzi · plait裁缝cáifeng · tailor

FAQs

手套 (shǒutào) means “glove” or “mitten”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shǒutào: shǒu with a 3rd tone, then tào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 手套 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 双 (shuāng) or 只 (zhī). For example, one glove is 一双手套 (yì shuāng shǒutào).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shoutao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 手套 from the suggestions. Typing shoutao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
手套 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.