接 手

jiēshǒu

verbHSK 7-9

Meaning

to take over (duties etc)
catcher (baseball etc)

Example

他接手了他父亲的公司。

He has taken over his father's business.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jiēHSK 211 strokesto receive shǒuHSK 14 strokeshand

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Not to be confused with: 接受 (jiēshòu, to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce) · 接收 (jiēshōu, reception (of transmitted signal))