# 动手 (dòngshǒu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 动手 (dòngshǒu) means “to start (a task); to hit sb”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to start (a task); to hit sb
- Pinyin: dòngshǒu (dong4 shou3)
- Traditional: 動手
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我们现在开始动手包饺子吧。
  Wǒmen xiànzài kāishǐ dòngshǒu bāo jiǎozi ba.
  Now let's start making dumplings.

## Characters

- [动](https://hanziro.com/word/dong-move/) (dòng): to move; to touch
- [手](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-hand/) (shǒu): hand

https://hanziro.com/word/dong-shou-start/

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