手 shǒu

1. shǒu noun hand
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As a part of the human body (Guoyu '手' n 1; Unihan '手'; XHZD '手' 1)
2. shǒu noun Kangxi radical 64
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '手' n 6)
3. shǒu verb to hold in one's hand
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 拿 (XHZD '手' 2)
4. shǒu noun a skill; an ability
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 技能 (Guoyu '手' n 4; XHZD '手' 3)
5. shǒu adverb personally
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 亲手 (XHZD '手' 4)
6. shǒu bound form a person with skill
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 水手 sailor (Guoyu '手' n 2; XHZD '手' 5)
7. shǒu adjective convenient; portable
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '手' adj 3; XHZD '手' 6)
8. shǒu bound form a person doing an activity
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 助手 helper (Guoyu '手' n 3)
9. shǒu bound form a method; a technique
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 作法 (Guoyu '手' n 5)
10. shǒu bound form personally written
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As in 手书 'writen personally' (Guoyu '手' adj)
11. shǒu adjective carried or handled by hand
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 手榴弹 grenade (Guoyu '手' adj 2)

Contained in

• 选手(選手) athlete; contestant
• 洗手池 bathroom sink; wash basin
• 顺手儿(順手兒) handy; convenient and easy to use; smoothly
• 袖手旁观(袖手旁觀) to watch with folded arms; to look on without lifting a finger
• 比手划脚(比手劃腳) to gesticulate; to make lively gestures (while talking)
• 琴手 player of a stringed instrument
• 洗手液 liquid hand soap
• 菰手 wild rice shoots
• 搭把手 to help out
• 毛手毛脚(毛手毛腳) carelessly and haphazardly; to paw; to grope; to get fresh
• 纤纤玉手(纖纖玉手) slender white hands
• 手到擒来(手到擒來) stretch a hand and grab it; very easy
• 撒手不管 to stand aside and do nothing; to take no part in
• 手弹(手彈) fingered (bass)
• 手迹(手跡) original handwriting or painting
• 束手 to have one's hands tied; helpless; unable to do anything about it
• 净手(淨手) to wash one's hands; to go to the toilet
• 御手 the emperor's hand
• 老鼠拉龟，无从下手(老鼠拉龜，無從下手) like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip; no clue where to start
• 手面 method ; degree of economy in use of money
• 握手 to shake hands
• 鹿死谁手(鹿死誰手) whoever kills the deer [will be victorious]
• 手动挡(手動擋) manual gear change; shift stick
• 扯手 reins ; to use the hand to pull; walk hand-in-hand
• 手臂 arm; helper
• 管扳手 pipe wrench
• 心毒手辣 vicious and ruthless
• 一展身手 to showcase one's (unique) talents; to display one's (individual) prowess
• 护手霜(護手霜) hand cream; hand lotion
• 手艺(手藝) craftsmanship
• 背着手(背著手) with one's hands clasped behind one's back
• 枪手(槍手) someone who takes an exam for someone else ; gunman; sharpshooter; hitman
• 手镯(手鐲) bracelet
• 手软(手軟) to be lenient; to relent; to be reluctant to make a hard decision; to think twice
• 下手 to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest
• 号手(號手) trumpeter; military bugler
• 打下手 to act in a supporting role; to play second fiddle
• 手掣 handbrake; game controller
• 手制(手製) to make by hand; handmade
• 冠状动脉旁通手术(冠狀動脈旁通手術) coronary bypass operation
• 撒手人寰 to leave one's mortal frame; to die
• 纤纤出素手(纖纖出素手) slender, slender, she puts out her white hand
• 甩手 to swing one's arms; to wash one's hands of sth
• 吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短(吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手短) the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach
• 冠状动脉旁路移植手术(冠狀動脈旁路移植手術) coronary bypass operation
• 手腕子 wrist
• 妙手回春 magical hands bring the dying back to life; miracle cure; brilliant doctor
• 手残(手殘) klutz
• 手板葫芦(手板葫蘆) lever pulley block
• 玩手腕 to play tricks; to play at politics

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• 《手部》 Shǒu Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 295
• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 133
• 卷一百八十七 志第一百四十 兵一 Volume 187 Treatises 140: Military 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 33
• 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 28
• 卷一百九十一 志第一百四十四 兵五 Volume 191 Treatises 144: Military 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 25
• 卷七十六　志第二十七上: 祭祀五 Volume 76 Treatises 29: Offerings 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 24
• 卷七十三　志第二十四: 　祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 21
• 卷一百八十八 志第一百四十一 兵二 Volume 188 Treatises 141: Military 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 20
• 卷一百七十七 志第一百三十 食貨上五 Volume 177 Treatises 130: Finance and Economics 1e History of Song 宋史 — count: 20
• 卷七十五　志第二十六: 　祭祀四 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Offerings 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 17

Collocations

• 捝手 (挩手) 坐挩手 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 10
• 手曰 (手曰) 有文在其手曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 9
• 死人手 (死人手) 然而身死人手 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 8
• 覆手 (覆手) 君未覆手 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《玉藻》 The Jade-Bead Pendants of the Royal Cap — count: 6
• 子手 (子手) 曹子手劍而從之 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 不知手 (不知手) 不知手之舞之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 4
• 不以手 (不以手) 羹不以手 — Guanzi 管子, 弟子職第五十九 Chapter 59: Duties of a Disciple — count: 4
• 拊手 (拊手) 已而笑拊手且歌 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 4
• 手及 (手及) 而矢貫余手及肘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 手搏 (手搏) 中行繆伯手搏虎 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十　繆稱訓 Chapter 10: Solemn Precepts — count: 3