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二手

èrshǒu

secondhand; used

HSK 4 · Topic “Materials and forms”
A person handing over a jacket
Memory picture

Characters in this word

二 èr

Strokes
2
Radical
二 — two
Made of
一 one 一 one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

手 shǒu

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

Example phrases

  • 我买二手车。 Wǒ mǎi èr shǒu chē. I buy a used car.
  • 这是二手书。 Zhè shì èr shǒu shū. This is a secondhand book.
  • 二手手机便宜。 Èr shǒu shǒu jī pián yi. Used phones are cheap.

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