# 下手 (xiàshǒu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 下手 (xiàshǒu) means “to start; to take action; to strike”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to start; to take action; to strike
- Pinyin: xiàshǒu (xia4 shou3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 工作太多了，我不知道从哪里下手。
  Gōngzuò tài duō le, wǒ bù zhīdào cóng nǎlǐ xiàshǒu.
  There is so much work, I don't know where to start.

## Characters

- [下](https://hanziro.com/word/xia-down/) (xià): down; below
- [手](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-hand/) (shǒu): hand

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

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