选手

选手 xuǎnshǒu

Contestant (athlete)

选手 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體選手 xuanshou

What 选手 means

Contestant (athlete)

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Character by character

选手 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

选

xuǎn

Choose (elect - vote - selection - collection)

手

shǒu

Hand (convenient)

Words that share a character with 选手

How to write 选手

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选手 in a sentence

这位选手表现得非常出色。

Zhè wèi xuǎnshǒu biǎoxiàn de fēicháng chūsè.

This competitor performed outstandingly.

参赛选手来自十几个国家。

Cānsài xuǎnshǒu láizì shí jǐ ge guójiā.

The competitors come from more than a dozen countries.

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Questions about 选手

What does 选手 mean in English?

选手 is pronounced xuǎnshǒu and means Contestant (athlete).

How do you pronounce 选手?

选手 is xuǎnshǒu in pinyin — written xuanshou without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 选手?

选手 is written with 2 characters: 选 (xuǎn) Choose (elect - vote - selection - collection), 手 (shǒu) Hand (convenient). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 选手 written in traditional Chinese?

選手. The simplified form 选手 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 選手 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced xuǎnshǒu.

Is 选手 an HSK word?

Yes — 选手 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

旋律 xuánlǜ 旋转 xuánzhuǎn 选拔 xuǎnbá 选举 xuǎnjǔ 炫耀 xuànyào 削弱 xuēruò 学说 xuéshuō 学位 xuéwèi

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