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
- 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
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