Tom waved.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
挥手
to wave (one's hand)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to wave (one's hand)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 挥手 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 挥手 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She waved her arms.
She smiled, waving her hand.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 挥手.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 挥手.
Directly before
- 边挥手1
- 都挥手1
- 群众挥手1
- 汤姆挥手1
- 玛丽挥手1
Directly after
- 挥手边1
- 挥手向1
- 挥手欢迎1
- 挥手了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 挥手
What does 挥手 mean in Chinese?
挥手 (huīshǒu) means to wave (one's hand).
How do you pronounce 挥手?
挥手 is pronounced huīshǒu.
Is 挥手 an HSK word?
挥手 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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