手

The character "手" has 4 strokes. "手" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "手" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "手" are "shǒu" . View the stroke order of "手">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "手"

n.: hand; means; skill; person skilled in sth; person good at sth; person engaging in a certain activity; person performing a certain action

v.: hold/have in one's hand

adj.: handy; portable; hand-written

adv.: personally

quant.: smallest tradable unit (of stocks)

• hand : n.手；似手之物；支配；掌管；体力劳动者；一手牌；掌；帮助
• means : cn.手段；方法
• skill : n.技巧；技艺；技能
• handy : adj.便于使用的；轻便的；有用的；手边的；易于取到的；手巧的；灵巧的
• portable : adj.便携的；手提的；轻便的；可移植的；可转移的
• hand-written : adj.手写的
• personally : adv.亲自；本人直接地；从个人立场；从个人本性；主观地；直接；当面；就个人而言；作为个人；就本人而言

Form words with "手"

一只手 a hand

扣球手 attacker; spiker

饶舌歌手 rapper

撒开手 let go one's hold

坦克手 tankman

长笛手 flautist

军号手 bugler

手提灯 hand lamp

手发麻 feel numb in the hand

弹药手 ammunition man/bearer

手锯条 handsaw blade

高尔夫球手 golf player; golfer

康拜因手 combine operator

射箭手 archer

搭不上手 cannot be of any help

打击乐手 percussionist

握住手 grasp sb's hand

外场手 outfield; outfielder;outfield; outfielder

内场手 infielder

瞄准手 aimer; pointer

Example phrases using "手"

• 孩子的手被冰激凌弄得黏糊糊的。

  The child’s hands were sticky from eating ice cream.

• 听到这个消息，他跟手出去了。

  He went out on hearing the news/at the news.

• 那战士的脸和手都给冻得通红。

  The soldier’s face and hands were bright red from the cold.

• 冬天手放在冷水里会冻得麻酥酥的。

  In winter cold water tingles your hands.

• 她想帮妈妈干家务，可又插不上手。

  She wanted to help her mother with the household chores, but didn’t know how to.

• 他直挺挺地站在那儿，手被反绑着。

  He stood erect there with his arms bound behind his back.

• 她烦躁不安地用手连连捋头发。

  Her hand kept making fretful journeys through her hair.

• 他举起一只手让我们肃静片刻。

  He held us silent for a moment with a lifted hand.

• 她抱怨自己的手不知为何脱皮。

  She complained of peeling on her hands for some unknown reasons.

• 干了一整夜，这事才算了手。

  The matter was wrapped up/was over only after a whole night’s hard work.