歌手

Character by character

• 歌gē14 strokesHSK 1song, lyrics; sing, chant; praise
• 手shǒu4 strokesHSK 1hand

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 你不是歌手。

  Nǐ bù shì gē shǒu

  You're no singer.

  Listen

• 她是位歌手。

  Tā shì wèi gē shǒu

  She is a singer.

  Listen

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 歌手. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 手shǒuHSK 1

  hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill

• 歌gēHSK 1

  song; to sing

• 手机shǒu jīHSK 1

  cell phone; mobile phone

• 选手xuǎn shǒuHSK 3

  athlete; contestant

• 手术shǒu shùHSK 4

  (surgical) operation; surgery

• 对手duì shǒuHSK 3

  opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match

• 手里shǒu lǐHSK 4

  in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands

• 手段shǒu duànHSK 5

  method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick

• 分手fēn shǒuHSK 4

  to part company; to split up; to break up

• 歌曲gē qǔHSK 5

  song

• 唱歌chàng gēHSK 1

  to sing a song

• 手指shǒu zhǐHSK 3

  finger

• 动手dòng shǒuHSK 5

  to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch

• 双手shuāng shǒuHSK 5

  both hands

• 杀手shā shǒuHSK 7

  killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player

• 高手gāo shǒuHSK 6

  expert; past master; dab hand

• 放手fàng shǒu

  to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand

• 手法shǒu fǎHSK 5

  technique; trick; skill

• 手臂shǒu bìHSK 7

  arm; helper

• 凶手xiōng shǒuHSK 6

  murderer; assassin

• 着手zhuó shǒuHSK 7

  to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out

• 手续shǒu xùHSK 3

  procedure; formalities

• 出手chū shǒuHSK 7

  to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task

• 助手zhù shǒuHSK 5

  assistant; helper