入手

rùshǒu

verb HSK 7-9 #11,160

Meanings

1 to start with
2 to begin from
3 to obtain

Characters

Examples

学习中文应该从哪里入手？

Xuéxí Zhōngwén yīnggāi cóng nǎlǐ rùshǒu?

Where should one start when learning Chinese?

我们可以从这个问题入手。

Wǒmen kěyǐ cóng zhège wèntí rùshǒu.

We can start from this problem.

他终于入手了一台新电脑。

Tā zhōngyú rùshǒu le yī tái xīn diànnǎo.

He finally got his hands on a new computer.

Tips

usage

入手 has two main uses: (1) 从...入手 means 'to start from / to approach from'; (2) as slang for 'to purchase / to get one's hands on' something, common in online shopping contexts.

Stroke Order

入 rù

手 shǒu