手 shǒu
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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) -
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) -
shǒu
verb
to hold in one's hand
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 拿 (XHZD '手' 2) -
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) -
shǒu
adverb
personally
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 亲手 (XHZD '手' 4) -
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) -
shǒu
adjective
convenient; portable
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '手' adj 3; XHZD '手' 6) -
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) -
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) -
shǒu
bound form
personally written
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 手书 'writen personally' (Guoyu '手' adj) -
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