shǒu

hand

HSK 2 #143

DEFINITIONS

手 shǒu
  • hand
  • (formal) to hold
  • person engaged in certain types of work
  • person skilled in certain types of work
  • personal(ly)
  • convenient
  • classifier for skill
  • CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

STROKES

WORDS

dí shǒu opponent; substantial adversary; worthy match; antagonist; in the enemy's hands
miào shǒu miraculous hands of a healer; highly skilled person; brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋
情同足 qíng tóng shǒu zú as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers; deep friendship; closely attached to one another
笔 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand; (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill; style; hand; (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc; scale
架 jiǎo shǒu jià scaffolding
fǎn shǒu to turn a hand over; to put one's hand behind one's back; fig. easily done
毛脚 máo shǒu máo jiǎo carelessly and haphazardly; to paw; to grope; to get fresh
shēng shǒu novice; new hand; sb new to a job
续费 shǒu xù fèi service charge; processing fee; commission
足之情 shǒu zú zhī qíng brotherly affection
头紧 shǒu tóu jǐn short of money; hard up
hào shǒu trumpeter; military bugler
duò shǒu helmsman
球 shǒu qiú team handball
无从下 wú cóng xià shǒu not know where to start
蹑脚 niè shǒu niè jiǎo to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)
jiǎ shǒu to use sb for one's own ends
工艺 shǒu gōng yì handicraft; arts and crafts
摇 shǒu yáo hand-cranked
多面 duō miàn shǒu multi-talented person; versatile person; all-rounder
大脚 dà shǒu dà jiǎo extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful; wasteful
相 shǒu xiàng palmistry; features of a palm (in palmistry)
种子选 zhǒng zi xuǎn shǒu seeded player
缩脚 suō shǒu suō jiǎo bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained
投足 jǔ shǒu tóu zú one's every movement (idiom); comportment; gestures