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二手 (èr shǒu): Indirectly acquired (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

二手 consists of 2 characters.

Word Info

Pinyinèr shǒu

Meaningindirectly acquired

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 5

SyntaxAdjective

Word二手

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 二手.

Words with 二

二维码èr wéi mǎHSK 5
二氧化碳èr yǎng huà tànHSK 6
一干二净yì gān èr jìngHSK 7-9
接二连三jiē èr lián sānHSK 7-9
数一数二shǔ yī shǔ èrHSK 7-9
独一无二dú yī wú èrHSK 7-9
第二dì èr
二手车èr shǒu chē

Words with 手

手机shǒu jīHSK 2
手表shǒu biǎoHSK 2
洗手间xǐ shǒu jiānHSK 3
歌手gē shǒuHSK 4
分手fēn shǒuHSK 5
对手duì shǒuHSK 5
手套shǒu tàoHSK 5
手工

shǒu gōng

HSK 5

3.

Example Sentences with 二手

wǒ我

zài在

wǎng网

shàng上

mǎi买

le了

yí一

liàng辆

èr二

shǒu手

zì自

xíng行

chē车

。

I bought a second-hand bicycle online.

tā他

mǎi买

le了

yī一

liàng辆

èr二

shǒu手

chē车

，

jià

tā他

zài在

wǎng网

shàng上

fàn贩

mài卖

èr二

shǒu手

shū书

wǒ我

zuó昨

tiān天

zài在

èr二

shǒu手

shì市

chǎng场

táo淘

tā他

cóng从

wèi未

jiē接

chù触

guò过

dì第

yī一

shǒu手

cái

kuài快

kàn看

，

wǒ我

gāng刚

gāng刚

cóng从

èr二

shǒu手

shì

价

gé格

hěn很

pián便

yi宜

。

He bought a second-hand car; the price was very cheap.

jí

籍

，

yǐ以

cǐ此

bǔ补

tiē贴

jiā家

yòng用

。

He peddles second-hand books online to supplement the household income.

dào

到

le了

yí一

gè个

hěn很

yǒu有

qù趣

de的

fù复

gǔ古

dào道

jù具

。

I found a very interesting vintage prop at the flea market yesterday.

材

liào料

，

suǒ所

yǒu有

fēn分

xī析

dōu都

jī基

yú于

èr二

shǒu手

bào报

gào告

。

He has never had access to first-hand materials; all his analyses are based on secondary reports.

市

chǎng场

táo淘

lái来

de的

zhè这

bǎ把

yǐ椅

zi子

，

jīng经

guò过

jiǎn简

dān单

xiū修

fù复

hòu后

jiǎn简

zhí直

xiàng像

zhǎn崭

xīn新

de的

yí一

yàng样

！

Look! This chair I just found at the flea market looks practically brand-new after a simple restoration!