Zìcóng shǒushù hòu, wǒ fùqīn yìzhí chǔyú liánghǎo de zhuàngtài.
My father has been in good health ever since his operation.
Sentence #334234 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 手术 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.
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.
术shùmethod
木tree · mù
丶dot · zhǔ
How to write 手术
手 4 strokes · 术 5 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 手术 (shǒushù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
手术 (shǒushù) means “(surgical) operation” or “surgery”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shǒushù: shǒu with a 3rd tone, then shù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 手术 is written 手術. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one (surgical) operation is 一个手术 (yí ge shǒushù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shoushu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 手术 from the suggestions. Typing shoushu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
手术 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.
手shǒu3rd tone, dipping
术shù4th tone, falling
