揮手 [挥－]

Jyutping fai1 sau2
Pinyin huī shǒu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to wave (one's hand)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    將​隻​手舉​起​，​然​後​左右​揮動​；​係​一種​表示​禮​貌​嘅​動​作
    to wave one's hand
    • 揮手道別
      挥手道别
      fai1 sau2 dou6 bit6
      to wave goodbye to somebody
    • 總統向群眾揮手。
      总统向群众挥手。
      zung2 tung2 hoeng3 kwan4 zung3 fai1 sau2.
      The president waved at the people.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to wave one's hand; to beckon
    (syn.) 擛手, 搰手, 招手, 𣚕手, 摆手, 招, 擺手
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    她边挥手边微笑著。
    她邊揮手邊微笑著。
    tā biān huī shǒu biān wēi xiào zhù 。
    • She smiled, waving her hand.
  2. Mandarin
    火车开出的时候，他们都挥手向父母道别。
    火車開出的時候，他們都揮手向父母道別。
    huǒ chē kāi chū de shí hou ， tā men dōu huī shǒu xiàng fù mǔ dào bié 。
    • They waved good-bye to their parents as the train pulled out.
    • As the train pulled out, they waved goodbye to their parents.
  3. Mandarin
    汤姆挥手了。
    湯姆揮手了。
    tāng mǔ huī shǒu le 。
    • Tom waved.
    • Tom waved his hand.
  4. Mandarin
    汤姆在直升机上向玛丽挥手。
    湯姆在直升機上向瑪麗揮手。
    tāng mǔ zài zhí shēng jī shàng xiàng mǎ lì huī shǒu 。
    • Tom waved at Mary from the helicopter.
  5. Mandarin
    她挥了挥手。
    她揮了揮手。
    tā huī le huī shǒu 。
    • She waved her arms.
    • She was waving.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    挥手道别
    揮手道別
    fai1 sau2 dou6 bit6
    • to wave goodbye to somebody
  2. Cantonese
    总统向群众挥手。
    總統向群眾揮手。
    zung2 tung2 hoeng3 kwan4 zung3 fai1 sau2.
    • The president waved at the people.
  3. Cantonese
    挥手
    揮手
    fai1 sau2
    • to wave one's hands
  4. Cantonese
    忍泪挥手道别
    忍淚揮手道別
    jan2 leoi6 fai1 sau2 dou6 bit6
    • to hold one's tears and wave one's hand to say goodbye
  5. Cantonese
    佢含泪挥手，告别舞台。
    佢含淚揮手，告別舞台。
    keoi5 ham4 leoi6 fai1 sau2, gou3 bit6 mou5 toi4.
    • She waved the stage goodbye in tears.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我摔倒之后，妈跑过来扶我，爸却挥手要她走开。
    我摔倒之後，媽跑過來扶我，爸卻揮手要她走開。
    wǒ shuāi dǎo zhī hòu ， mā pǎo guò lái fú wǒ ， bà què huī shǒu yào tā zǒu kāi ．
    • After I fell down, Mom ran over and helped me up, but Dad waved her away.