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接手

jiē shǒu · jie shou

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to take over (duties etc)
  2. catcher (baseball etc)
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Three hundred pages

  1. Dengdeng

    下个月(xiàgèyuè)我(wǒ)要(yào)接手(jiēshǒu)小王(xiǎowáng)的(de)工作(gōngzuò)了(le)。

    Next month I will take over Xiao Wang's work.

  2. Liangliang

    他(tā)不是(bùshì)做得(zuòde)很好(hěnhǎo)吗(ma)？为什么(wèishénme)不做(bùzuò)了(le)？

    Was he not doing well? Why is he stopping?

  3. Dengdeng

    他(tā)要去(yàoqù)上海(shànghǎi)。他(tā)说(shuō)我(wǒ)接手(jiēshǒu)很(hěn)容易(róngyì)。

    He is going to Shanghai. He says it will be easy for me to take over.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)要(yào)接手(jiēshǒu)哪些(nǎxiē)事(shì)？

    So what will you take over?

  5. Dengdeng

    他(tā)给了(gěile)我(wǒ)一份(yīfèn)文件(wénjiàn)，有(yǒu)三百页(sānbǎiyè)。

    He gave me a file with 300 pages.

  6. Liangliang

    这(zhè)叫(jiào)"很(hěn)容易(róngyì)"吗(ma)？

    Is this what you call "very easy"?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)退(tuì)休(xiū)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)，他(tā)儿(ér)子(zi)接(jiē)手(shǒu)了(le)他(tā)的(de)生(shēng)意(yì)。

When he retired, his son took over his business.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

新(xīn)经(jīng)理(lǐ)下(xià)周(zhōu)接(jiē)手(shǒu)这(zhè)个(gè)项(xiàng)目(mù)。

The new manager will take over this project next week.

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