手写

手寫

shǒuxiě

verb

Meanings

1 to write by hand
2 handwritten

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

这封信是他手写的。

Zhè fēng xìn shì tā shǒuxiě de.

He wrote this letter by hand.

HSK 5

我奶奶不会拼音，只能用手写输入。

Wǒ nǎinai bú huì pīnyīn, zhǐnéng yòng shǒuxiě shūrù.

My grandma doesn't know pinyin, so she can only enter characters by handwriting.

Tips

usage

手写 can sit right before a noun: 手写体 'handwriting style', 手写输入 'handwriting input'. 亲笔 stresses that the person wrote it personally, as in 亲笔签名 'autograph'.

Stroke Order

手 shǒu

写 xiě