How to say “surgery” in Chinese
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“Surgery” in Chinese is 手术, shǒu shù: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
手术 is read shǒu shù: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
A picture of a palm with fingers.
Looks like 木 “tree”, but with a dot at the top right.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “手术”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 手术. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 医生给他做了手术。yīshēnggěitāzuòleshǒushùThe doctor operated on him.
- 医生给他做了四个小时手术。yīshēnggěitāzuòlesìgexiǎoshíshǒushùThe doctors operated on him for four hours.
- 这种手术的成功率很高。zhèzhǒngshǒushùdechénggōnglǜhěngāoOperations like this have a high success rate.
- 机器人可以辅助医生做手术。jīqìrénkěyǐfǔzhùyīshēngzuòshǒushùA robot can assist a doctor during surgery.
More words from the lesson “At the hospital”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “surgery” in Chinese?
“Surgery” in Chinese is 手术, pinyin shǒushù.
What does 手术 mean?
手术 (shǒushù) means “surgery”.
How do you write 手术?
手术 is 2 characters: 手 (shǒu) — hand; 术 (shù) — skill, technique. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 手术?
手术 is read shǒushù. Tones: shǒu — third tone, shù — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“surgery” in the lesson “At the hospital”
This word is from the topic “Health” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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