HSK 6 · Objects

把手 bǎshou “handle” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 把手 means

  1. handle
  2. knob
  3. grip

How to say 把手

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale把bǎ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own手shouneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

把手 in a sentence

  1. 这个平底锅没有把手。

    Zhè ge píngdǐguō méiyǒu bǎshou.

    This frying pan has no handle.

    Sentence #13556457 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 她慢慢转动门把手。

    Tā mànmàn zhuǎndòng mén bǎshou.

    She slowly turned the door handle.

    Sentence #3593475 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 把手 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 把 (bǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
把bǎto hold; to grasp
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 巴to desire · bāSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 巴 (bā) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǎ.

The character 手 (shǒu) drawn as one shape
手shǒuhandlight in 把手

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.

How to write 把手

把 7 strokes · 手 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 把手

Words with 把

把bǎ · pretransitive particle把握bǎwò · to grasp (also fig.)把关bǎguān · to check (quality)

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手套shǒutào · glove对手duìshǒu · opponent握手wòshǒu · to shake hands

More words: Objects & Materials

原料yuánliào · raw material磅bàng · pound (weight)包袱bāofu · burden包装bāozhuāng · packaging便条biàntiáo · informal note标记biāojì · mark柴油cháiyóu · diesel插座chāzuò · power point

FAQs

把手 (bǎshou) means “handle” or “knob”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǎshou: bǎ with a 3rd tone, then shou with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 把手 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bashou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 把手 from the suggestions. Typing bashou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
把手 is an HSK 6 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.