Deaf-mute people talk using sign language.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
手语
sign language
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
sign language
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 手语 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 手语 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
From 2025, British Sign Language (BSL) will be taught as a GCSE subject.
Gestural language had, however, serious limitations, since it could not be used in the dark or at distance.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 手语.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 手语.
Directly before
- 人用手语1
- 英国手语1
Directly after
- 手语说话1
- 手语也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 手语
What does 手语 mean in Chinese?
手语 (shǒuyǔ) means sign language.
How do you pronounce 手语?
手语 is pronounced shǒuyǔ.
Is 手语 an HSK word?
手语 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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