动手 dòngshǒu in a sentence
Touch (hands - to hit - start work)
动手 (dòngshǒu) means Touch (hands - to hit - start work). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请不要 动手 摸展品。
Qǐng bú yào dòngshǒu mō zhǎnpǐn.
Please do not touch the exhibits.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 动手
光说不行，得 动手 做。
Guāng shuō bù xíng, děi dòngshǒu zuò.
Talking isn't enough; you have to get down to doing it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 动手
与其等着，不如 动手 做。
Yǔqí děng zhe, bùrú dòngshǒu zuò.
Rather than waiting, get on and do it.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 与其
他策划了整整半年才 动手 。
Tā cèhuà le zhěngzhěng bàn nián cái dòngshǒu.
He spent a full six months planning before he started.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 策划
有话好好说，别 动手 打架。
Yǒu huà hǎohāo shuō, bié dòngshǒu dǎ jià.
Talk it out properly instead of getting into a fight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 打架
有话好好说，不能 动手 揍人。
Yǒu huà hǎohāo shuō, bù néng dòngshǒu zòu rén.
Talk it out properly; you cannot go hitting people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 揍
大伙儿一起 动手 ，很快就收拾好了。
Dàhuǒr yìqǐ dòngshǒu, hěn kuài jiù shōushi hǎo le.
Everyone pitched in and it was tidied up in no time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 大伙儿
这所学校注重培养学生的 动手 能力。
Zhè suǒ xuéxiào zhùzhòng péiyǎng xuésheng de dòngshǒu nénglì.
This school emphasises developing students' practical skills.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 注重
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Questions about 动手
How is 动手 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 动手 (dòngshǒu, "Touch (hands - to hit - start work)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 动手 an HSK word?
Yes — 动手 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 动手?
The dictionary page for 动手 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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