# 握手 (wòshǒu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 握手 (wòshǒu) means “to shake hands”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to shake hands
- Pinyin: wòshǒu (wo4 shou3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他们见面时笑着握手。
  Tāmen jiànmiàn shí xiàozhe wòshǒu.
  They smiled and shook hands when they met.

## Characters

- [握](https://hanziro.com/word/wo-hold/) (wò): to hold; to grasp
- [手](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-hand/) (shǒu): hand

https://hanziro.com/word/wo-shou-shake-hands/

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