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手
shǒu
1.
hand
2.
(formal) to hold
3.
person engaged in certain types of work
4.
person skilled in certain types of work
5.
personal(ly)
6.
convenient
7.
classifier for skill
8.
CL:[[雙|双<shuāng>]], [[隻|只<zhī>]]
Very Common • Top 0%
✏️ 4 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
一手
yīshǒu
a skill
上手
shàngshǒu
to obtain
下手
xiàshǒu
to start
丢手
diūshǒu
to wash one's hands of sth
二手
èrshǒu
indirectly acquired
交手
jiāoshǒu
to fight hand to hand
人手
rénshǒu
manpower
伸手
shēnshǒu
to hold out a hand
住手
zhùshǒu
to desist
作手
zuòshǒu
writer
信手
xìnshǒu
casually
修手
xiūshǒu
manicure
倒手
dǎoshǒu
to shift from one hand to the other
假手
jiǎshǒu
to use sb for one's own ends
做手
zuòshǒu
to put one's hand to sth
凶手
xiōngshǒu
murderer
入手
rùshǒu
to begin
出手
chūshǒu
to put one's hand to sth
分手
fēnshǒu
to split up
利手
lìshǒu
dominant hand
Example Sentences (4)
呀，你的手怎么流血了？等一下，我给你包起来。
Yā, nǐ de shǒu zěnme liúxuè le? Děng yíxià, wǒ gěi nǐ bāo qǐlái.
Ah, why is your hand bleeding? Wait a moment, I'll bandage it for you.
Text 2
在这种情况下，建议父母先不要生气，应该停下手中的事情，陪孩子整理整理东西，和他们聊聊天儿，弄清楚他们的问题。
Zài zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng xià, jiànyì fùmǔ xiān bú yào shēngqì, yīnggāi tíngxià shǒuzhōng de shìqíng, péi háizi zhěnglǐ zhěnglǐ dōngxi, hé tāmen liáo liáo tiānr, nòng qīngchu tāmen de wèntí.
In this situation, parents are advised to not get angry at first, they should stop what they’re doing, help the child tidy things up a bit, chat with them, and figure out their problems.
Text 4
现在的手机更像是一部可以拿在手中的电脑，现代人的生活已经越来越离不开手机了。
Xiànzài de shǒujī gèng xiàng shì yí bù kěyǐ ná zài shǒuzhōng de diànnǎo, xiàndài rén de shēnghuó yǐjīng yuèláiyuè lí bù kāi shǒujī le.
Today's mobile phones are more like a computer you can hold in your hand, and modern people's lives are already increasingly inseparable from mobile phones.
Text 4
一个人只有两只手，不可能得到所有想要的东西，所以有时候放弃是一种聪明的选择。
Yí gè rén zhǐyǒu liǎng zhī shǒu, bù kěnéng dédào suǒyǒu xiǎngyào de dōngxī, suǒyǐ yǒushíhòu fàngqì shì yì zhǒng cōngmíng de xuǎnzé.
A person only has two hands; it’s impossible to get everything you want, so sometimes giving up is a smart choice.
Text 3
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 142
- Word Frequency Rank
- 172 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 64