(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence

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, 隻｜只

to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid

knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 "I could kill him!")

to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn

one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while

to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)

on the one hand

indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant

to give; to deliver; to hand over

to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / a reward (bestowed by a superior) / to appreciate (beauty)

(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) / (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手｜与他握手 "shake hands with him", 與去年不同｜与去年不同 "different from last year") / (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow

to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water

to shake hands

to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)

to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts

tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten

parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear

at one's side / on hand

to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment

on the body / at hand / among

on the other hand / another aspect

both hands

working hand; member of a work team; participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手)

to set about (a task) / to raise a hand to hit sb / to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)

to spread; to circulate; to hand down

(idiom) to rake in money; to make money hand over fist

one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise

to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract

to hand over / to deliver

(Japanese mahjong) to complete one's hand within a single turn after declaring riichi (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 一発 "ippatsu")

(idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds

in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands

lit. to join hands / to act together

to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest

(humorous) to shake hands

to pay / to hand over to / classifier for pairs or sets of things

speed of hand movement (esp. in gaming, typing or fast-response situations)

to hand over; to pass on; to deliver / (bound form) progressively; in the proper order

to seize and hand sb over to the authorities

(of livestock) being raised; on hand

to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help

washbowl / basin for washing hands and face / CL: 個｜个

(bound form) tip; end; extremity / (bound form) aspect; facet / (bound form) upright; proper / to hold sth level with both hands; to carry / to eliminate; to wipe out

to make by hand; to hand-craft

manpower / staff / human hand

to hand-wash

lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses

with one's own hands; personally

Buddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis)

Buddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis)

to hand in; to hand over; to pay / to capture (weapons); to seize

turning one's back to (sth or sb) / keeping sth secret from (sb) / keeping (one's hands) behind one's back

to write (by hand) / to practice calligraphy

hand grenade

main topic; matter at hand

to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤

to drink water by scooping it up with both hands

to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out

second-hand car

to shake hands

lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom) / fig. who will emerge victorious

to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle

hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:道)

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch

second-hand goods / used goods

many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers.

(lit.) the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) / (fig.) a very slight effort

expert / past master / dab hand

sth small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store)

hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices

to transfer / to hand over

(of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse

on hand / at hand / one's financial situation

written in a forceful hand / penetrating / profound

lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction

hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate

medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand

on the other hand... / conversely...

to lift up; to carry in one's hand / Taiwan pr. [ling1]

to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity

passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation

(physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed; oppressive

to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring

to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out

half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory

the five fingers of one's hand

(hand)bag / hold-all

second-hand smoke

passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down

(idiom) even-handed; impartial; unbiased

to gain the upper hand by a show of strength

to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily

to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands

lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters

to fight hand to hand

to swing one's arms / to wash one's hands of sth

(of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods / to be caught red-handed

to fight, esp. with hands / wrestling (as a sport) / to wrestle / to wrestle (against fate, with a problem etc) / to capture prey

(lit.) when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / (fig.) as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing