Raise hand in Chinese (Mandarin): 举手 (jǔshǒu)
举手
jǔshǒu
raise hand
- Simplified
- 举手
- Traditional
- 舉手
- Pinyin
- jǔshǒu
- Typed as
- jushou
Use it in a sentence
我知道答案，我举手。
我知道答案，我舉手。
I know the answer, so I raise my hand.
The characters in 举手
举 / 舉
To raise, to lift.
9 strokes
手
Hand.
4 strokes
举手 is "raise hand". To ask a question in class, raise your hand first: 先举手 (xiān jǔshǒu).
More examples with 举手
有问题请举手。
有問題請舉手。
Yǒu wèntí qǐng jǔshǒu.
Raise your hand if you have a question.
小明举手回答问题。
小明舉手回答問題。
Xiǎo Míng jǔshǒu huídá wèntí.
Xiao Ming raises his hand to answer.
How to write 举手 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
举 9 strokes
手 4 strokes
In Traditional characters:
舉 16 strokes
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