接
手

To take over (duties etc) in Chinese: 接手 (jiē shǒu)

jiē shǒu

to take over (duties etc)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to take over (duties etc)
  2. 2catcher (baseball etc)

Stroke order

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接
手

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄝ

jiē

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ ê—/ first tone

ㄕㄡˇ

shǒu

ㄕ/ shㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 经理走后，谁来接手这个项目？

    jīng lǐ zǒu hòu， shuí lái jiē shǒu zhè ge xiàng mù？

    After the manager left, who will take over this project?

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Related words

接

jiē

to receive

手

shǒu

hand

手表

shǒu biǎo

wristwatch

手机

shǒu jī

cell phone

接受

jiē shòu

to accept

握手

wò shǒu

to shake hands

直接

zhí jiē

direct (opposite: indirect 间接)

对手

duì shǒu

opponent

接触

jiē chù

to touch

接待

jiē dài

to receive (a visitor)

接近

jiē jìn

to approach

接着

jiē zhe

to catch and hold on

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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