HSK 5 · Function Words

随手 suíshǒu “as you go” in Chinese

Traditional 隨手

What 随手 means

  1. as you go
  2. without extra effort (e.g. close the door behind you)
  3. conveniently
  4. without extra trouble
  5. while doing it
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • in passing

How to say 随手

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale随suí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale手shǒu3rd tone, dipping

随手 in a sentence

  1. 请随手关门。

    Qǐng suíshǒu guānmén.

    Please close the door behind you.

    Sentence #859258 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 随手 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 随 (suí) with each of its parts in a different colour
随suíto follow
  • 阝place
  • 迶to walk · yòu
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.

How to write 随手

随 11 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.

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

Words related to 随手

Words with 随

随便suíbiàn · as one wishes随着suízhe · along with随身suíshēn · to carry with you随时suíshí · at any time随即suíjí · immediately伴随bànsuí · to accompany跟随gēnsuí · to follow随意suíyì · as one likes

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: Function Words & Grammar

首shǒu · measure word for songs and poems似乎sìhū · it seems事先shìxiān · in advance随时suíshí · at any time所suǒ · (grammar particle introducing a passive or relative clause)套tào · set通常tōngcháng · regular团tuán · group

FAQs

随手 (suíshǒu) means “as you go” or “without extra effort (e.g. close the door behind you)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it suíshǒu: suí with a 2nd tone, then shǒu with a 3rd 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, 随手 is written 隨手. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type suishou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 随手 from the suggestions. Typing suishou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
随手 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.