手足无措 Chinese English dictionary 手足无措 translate 手足无措 pinyin

手足无措

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
手足无措 shǒuzúwúcuò	手足无措 \| 手足无措* \| *手足无措	at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered	手足無措

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
手	手 \| 手* \| *手	4画手扌 + 0	shǒu	hand	sau2	2050.0 Q


足	足 \| 足* \| *足	7画足 + 0	zú, jù	foot; attain, satisfy, enough; Kangxi radical 156	zuk1	6080.1 RYO


无	无 \| 无* \| *无	4画无 + 0	wú, mó	negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71	mou4	無 1041.0 MKU


措	措 \| 措* \| *措	11画手扌 + 8	cuò, zé	place; collect, arrange; employ	cou3	5406.1 QTA

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
手足无措 shǒuzúwúcuò	手足无措 \| 手足无措* \| *手足无措	at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered


手 shǒu	手 \| 手* \| *手	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


手足 shǒuzú	手足 \| 手足* \| *手足	hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices


足　jù	足 \| 足* \| *足	excessive


足　zú	足 \| 足* \| *足	(bound form) foot; leg / sufficient; ample / as much as; fully


无　　mó	无 \| 无* \| *无	used in 南無｜南无


无　　wú	无 \| 无* \| *无	not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less


无措　　wúcuò	无措 \| 无措* \| *无措	helpless


措　　　cuò	措 \| 措* \| *措	to handle / to manage / to put in order / to arrange / to administer / to execute / to take action on / to plan