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Information of 手

Pinyinshǒu

Radical

手

Strokes

4 strokes

Usage

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Definition

hand / convenient

手 [shǒu] 名词 【本义】: 人体上肢的总称，一般指腕以下的部分 1. The front end of the upper limb of a person used for handling tools. 2. Holding. 3. Doing something personally. 4. Skill; ability. 5. A person who does a certain kind of work or is skilled in a particular ability. 6. Compact and easy to handle. 示例： 1. 手心。棘手（describing something difficult to handle, like thorny brambles）。着（zhuó）手（to start doing something; to get to work）。手不释卷。 2. 人手一册。 3. 手稿。手迹。手令。手书（a. handwritten notes; b. handwritten letters）。 4. 手法（skills; techniques). 手段。留一手。 5. 国手。扒手。生产能手。 6. 手枪。手册。手 [shǒu] 副词 1. 亲自，亲手 ([En.] personally) 手 [shǒu] 动词 1. 拿着，执持 ([En.] hold) 2. 用手击杀 ([En.] hit and kill) 3. 取 ([En.] take) 手 [shǒu] 量词 用于技能; 本领 ([En.] skill). 如: 他露了两手绝招。 手 [shǒu] 形容词 1. 亲手所写的 ([En.] written personally)。 2. 小巧的，便于携带的 ([En.] portable)。

吹鼓手 chuī gǔ shǒu

(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster

右手 yòu shǒu

right hand / right-hand side

叉手 chā shǒu

Masked Avengers / cup one hand in the other before the chest

双手 shuāng shǒu

both hands

唾手可得 tuò shǒu kě dé

easily obtained / readily available

手套 shǒu tào

glove / mitten / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

妙手 miào shǒu

miraculous hands of a healer / highly skilled person / brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋

手势 shǒu shì

gesture / sign / signal

手帕 shǒu pà

handkerchief / CL:方[fang1]

撒手人寰 sā shǒu rén huán

to leave one's mortal frame (idiom) / to die

手无寸铁 shǒu wú cùn tiě

lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless

对手 duì shǒu

opponent / rival / competitor / (well-matched) adversary / match

射手 shè shǒu

archer / shooter / marksman / (football etc) striker

左手 zuǒ shǒu

left hand / left-hand side

手巾 shǒu jīn

hand towel / handkerchief

帮手 bāng shǒu

helper / assistant

弓箭手 gōng jiàn shǒu

archer

弓弩手 gōng nǔ shǒu

crossbow shooter

弩手 nǔ shǒu

crossbowman

手榴弹 shǒu liú dàn

hand grenade

徒手 tú shǒu

with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing)

副手 fù shǒu

assistant

劈手 pī shǒu

with a lightning move of the hand

动手 dòng shǒu

to set about (a task) / to hit / to punch / to touch

助手 zhù shǒu

assistant / helper

手劲 shǒu jìn

strength of the hand

凶手 xiōng shǒu

murderer / assassin

手段 shǒu duàn

method / means (of doing sth) / strategy / trick / CL:個|个[ge4]

拱手 gǒng shǒu

to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting / (fig.) submissive

心慈手软 xīn cí shǒu ruǎn

softhearted

Input Method for 手

Pinyinshou3

Wubi

rtgh

Cangjie

q

Zhengma

md

Four Corner

20500

Unicode

U+624b

Same Pronunciation Characters

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