The doctor decided to operate at once.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
动手术
(of a surgeon) to operate (on sb)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(of a surgeon) to operate (on sb)
02
(of a patient) to have an operation
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 动手术 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 动手术 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I got a stomach tumor and had to have it operated on.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 动手术.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 动手术.
Directly before
- 必须动手术1
- 立刻动手术1
Directly after
- 动手术切除1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 动手术
What does 动手术 mean in Chinese?
动手术 (dòngshǒushù) means (of a surgeon) to operate (on sb).
How do you pronounce 动手术?
动手术 is pronounced dòngshǒushù.
Is 动手术 an HSK word?
动手术 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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