握手

• 拼音: wò shǒu
• 汉字拆解: 握 = 扌 (hand) + 屋 (house, phonetic) — to grip with the hand; 手 = pictograph of a hand with five fingers

含义

To shake hands; handshake. The gesture of grasping someone's hand as a greeting or agreement.

A common greeting gesture in formal and semi-formal situations. While historically less common in Chinese culture (which favoured bowing), handshaking has become standard in modern business and diplomatic contexts.

例句

1. 两位领导人在会议上握手致意。
2. 他们见面的时候握了握手。
3. 我和新同事握手打了招呼。

用法指南

语境: greetings, business, diplomacy

语气: polite

正确说法

• 初次见面，我们握个手吧。(Nice to meet you — let's shake hands.)
• 双方代表握手表示合作。(Representatives from both sides shook hands to show cooperation.)

错误说法

• 我跟猫握手了。(In Chinese, 握手 is used for human greetings. For a pet shaking paws, say 握爪 or describe the action differently.)

起源与历史

握 means 'to grip' or 'to hold' and 手 means 'hand'. Together they describe the action of gripping hands — a handshake.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal