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

• 手续(手續) formalities
• 手举(手舉) a salute; hands raised
• 惯用手(慣用手) dominant hand
• 棋逢对手(棋逢對手) to be evenly matched; to meet one's match
• 手刀 hand formed into a flat shape
• 冠状动脉旁通手术(冠狀動脈旁通手術) coronary bypass operation
• 拉个手(拉個手) to hold hands
• 手巾 a towel
• 扒手 pickpocket
• 手铐(手銬) manacles; handcuffs
• 手刃 to kill with one's own hand
• 小手小脚(小手小腳) mean; stingy; to be lacking in boldness; timid
• 手抓饭(手抓飯) pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang); pilau
• 爱不释手(愛不釋手) love something too much to part with it
• 怪手 excavator; backhoe
• 空着手(空著手) empty-handed
• 智能手机(智能手機) smartphone
• 购物手推车(購物手推車) shopping cart
• 管扳手 pipe wrench
• 号手(號手) trumpeter; military bugler
• 动手脚(動手腳) to tamper with; to mess around with
• 手招 to wave; to beckon
• 摆手(擺手) to wave one's hands
• 二手车(二手車) second-hand car
• 平手 to draw; to tie
• 能手 an expert
• 名手 master; famous artist; sportsman
• 手舞足蹈 to dance with joy
• 单手(單手) one hand; single-handed
• 松手(鬆手) to relinquish one's grip; to let go
• 弓弩手 crossbow shooter
• 左手 left hand ; left side
• 利手 dominant hand; handedness
• 荑手纤纤(荑手纖纖) slender white hands
• 应手(應手) a skilled technique
• 激烈手段 violent means
• 手感 the feel (of something touched with the hand); (textiles) handle
• 登机手续柜台(登機手續櫃檯) check-in counter
• 手到擒来(手到擒來) stretch a hand and grab it; very easy
• 手性 chiral; chirality
• 大提琴手 cellist
• 一展身手 to showcase one's (unique) talents; to display one's (individual) prowess
• 洗手盆 bathroom sink; wash basin
• 投手 a （baseball) pitcher
• 洗手不干(洗手不幹) to totally stop doing something; to reform one's ways
• 亲手(親手) with one's own hands
• 套筒扳手 socket spanner
• 手板葫芦(手板葫蘆) lever pulley block
• 一把好手 an expert
• 心灵手巧(心靈手巧) capable; clever; dexterous

Also contained in

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Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《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
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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
• 不知手 (不知手) 不知手之舞之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 4
• 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
• 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