手续 (shǒuxù) means Formalities (procedure). 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
手续 已经办完了。
Shǒuxù yǐjīng bàn wán le.
The procedures have been completed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 手续
办 手续 需要一个小时。
Bàn shǒuxù xūyào yí ge xiǎoshí.
The formalities take an hour.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 手续
请按程序办理 手续 。
Qǐng àn chéngxù bànlǐ shǒuxù.
Please complete the formalities according to procedure.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 程序
办 手续 要出示证件。
Bàn shǒuxù yào chūshì zhèngjiàn.
You must show identification to complete the formalities.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 证件
他有合法的居留 手续 。
Tā yǒu héfǎ de jūliú shǒuxù.
He has legal residence papers.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 合法
手续 已经大大简化了。
Shǒuxù yǐjīng dàdà jiǎnhuà le.
The formalities have been greatly simplified.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 简化
这些 手续 可以在网上办理。
Zhèxiē shǒuxù kěyǐ zài wǎngshàng bànlǐ.
These formalities can be handled online.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 办理
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Questions about 手续
How is 手续 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 手续 (shǒuxù, "Formalities (procedure)"), 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 手续 an HSK word?
Yes — 手续 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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