Operation in Chinese
operation · HSK 5
手术
- 手 hand
- 术 skill
Counted with 次: 一次手术
医生说我需要做手术。 The doctor says I need surgery.
Other ways to say operation
More words with 手 or 术
How do you say operation in Chinese?
Operation in Chinese is 手术 (shǒu shù). You can also say 行动 (xíng dòng), 作业 (zuò yè), 操作 (cāo zuò).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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