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得手 (dé shǒu): Succeed / Accomplish (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

得手 consists of 2 characters.

to get; to obtain

Word Info

Pinyindé shǒu

MeaningSucceed / Accomplish

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxAdjective

Word得手

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 得手.

Words with 得

觉得jué deHSK 2
得分dé fēnHSK 3
得到dé dàoHSK 3
懂得dǒng deHSK 3
认得rèn deHSK 3
记得jì deHSK 3
值得zhí deHSK 4
取得qǔ déHSK 4

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
二手èr shǒuHSK 5
分手fēn shǒuHSK 5
对手duì shǒuHSK 5
手套

shǒu tào

HSK 5

3.

How to Use 得手 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 得手 with other words naturally.

Adverb + Verb

qīng轻

yì易

dé得

shǒu手

neutral

succeed easily

lǚ屡

lǚ屡

dé得

shǒu手

formal

succeed repeatedly

Subject + Verbwith阴谋

yīn阴

móu谋

dé得

shǒu手

Verb + Complementwith盗窃

dào盗

qiè窃

dé得

shǒu手

4.

Example Sentences with 得手

tā他

tōu偷

dōng东

xī西

dé得

shǒu手

le了

formal

Written

plot succeeds

formal

Written

succeed in stealing

。

He succeeded in stealing something.

jīng经

guò过

duō多

cì次

cháng尝

shì试

，

tā他

de的

jì计

huà划

zhōng终

yú于

dé得

shǒu手

le了

。

After many attempts, his plan finally succeeded.

jīng经

guò过

zhōu周

mì密

cè策

huà划

，

zhè这

cì次

shāng商

yè业

shōu收

gòu购

zhōng终

yú于

dé得

shǒu手

le了

。

After meticulous planning, this business acquisition finally succeeded.

nǐ你

jué觉

de得

tā他

men们

zhè这

cì次

tán谈

pàn判

néng能

dé得

shǒu手

ma吗

？

Do you think they can succeed in this negotiation?

xiǎo小

tōu偷

zài在

chāo超

shì市

lǐ里

dé得

shǒu手

le了

，

tōu偷

zǒu走

le了

yī一

xiē些

qián钱

。

The thief succeeded in the supermarket and stole some money.

jǐn尽

guǎn管

nǔ努

lì力

le了

hěn很

jiǔ久

，

dàn但

tā他

de的

shēn申

qǐng请

bìng并

wèi未

dé得

shǒu手

。

Despite his long efforts, his application did not succeed.

tā他

cháng尝

shì试

le了

hǎo好

jǐ几

cì次

，

cái才

zài在

bǐ比

sài赛

zhōng中

dé得

shǒu手

，

yíng赢

dé得

le了

guàn冠

jūn军

。

He tried several times before succeeding in the competition and winning the championship.

jīng经

guò过

duō多

cì次

cháng尝

shì试

，

tā他

zhōng终

yú于

dé得

shǒu手

，

ná拿

dào到

le了

nà那

fèn份

zhòng重

yào要

wén文

jiàn件

。

After several attempts, he finally succeeded in obtaining that important document.

zài在

péng朋

yǒu友

de的

bāng帮

zhù助

xià下

，

wǒ我

zǒng总

suàn算

dé得

shǒu手

，

mǎi买

dào到

le了

nà那

kuǎn款

xiàn限

liàng量

bǎn版

qiú球

xié鞋

。

With the help of a friend, I finally succeeded in buying that limited edition sneakers.