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歌手

gēshǒu

singer

HSK 3 · Topic “Stage and arts”
A performer holding a microphone
Memory picture

Characters in this word

歌 gē

Strokes
14
Radical
欠 — to lack, to owe
Made of
哥 elder brother 欠 to lack, to owe
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

手 shǒu

Strokes
4
Radical
手 — hand
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 她是歌手。 Tā shì gēshǒu. She is a singer.
  • 歌手在唱歌。 Gēshǒu zài chànggē. The singer is singing.
  • 我喜欢歌手。 Wǒ xǐhuan gēshǒu. I like singers.

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