# 水手 (shuǐshǒu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 水手 (shuǐshǒu) means “sailor; seaman; mariner”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: sailor; seaman; mariner
- Pinyin: shuǐshǒu (shui3 shou3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他的梦想是当一名水手。
  Tā de mèngxiǎng shì dāng yì míng shuǐshǒu.
  His dream is to become a sailor.

## Characters

- [水](https://hanziro.com/word/shui-water/) (shuǐ): water
- [手](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-hand/) (shǒu): hand

https://hanziro.com/word/shui-shou-sailor/

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