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HSK
cell phone; mobile phone / CL:
HSK 1
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  *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
HSK 1
toilet / lavatory / washroom
HSK 1
HSK 2
to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
HSK 2
HSK 3
to shake hands
HSK 3
athlete / contestant
HSK 3
opponent / rival / competitor / (well-matched) adversary / match
HSK 3
procedure / CL: , 個|个 / formalities
HSK 3
singer
HSK 3
(surgical) operation / surgery / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
handwork / manual
HSK 4
indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant
HSK 4
glove / mitten / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 4
to part company / to split up / to break up
HSK 4
conveniently / without extra trouble / while doing it / in passing
HSK 4
in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands
HSK 4
technique / trick / skill
HSK 5
assistant; helper
HSK 5
both hands
HSK 5
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
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)
HSK 5
to wave / to beckon
HSK 5
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
murderer / assassin
HSK 6
lit. to join hands / to act together
HSK 6
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
service charge / processing fee / commission
HSK 6
to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle
HSK 7-9
manual; handbook
HSK 7-9
new hand / novice / raw recruit
HSK 7-9
killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player
HSK 7-9
hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate
HSK 7-9
to dispose of / to spend (money) / to undertake a task
HSK 7-9
to take over (duties etc) / catcher (baseball etc)
HSK 7-9
manual / manually operated / manual gear-change
HSK 7-9
to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从 + {noun} + 入手: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point") / to receive; to obtain; to buy
HSK 7-9
craftmanship / workmanship / handicraft / trade
HSK 7-9
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
gesture; sign; signal
HSK 7-9
a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help
HSK 7-9
handle / grip / knob
HSK 7-9
palm
HSK 7-9
manpower / staff / human hand
HSK 7-9
pistol / CL:
HSK 7-9
helmsman
HSK 7-9
arm / helper
HSK 7-9
wrist / trickery / finesse / ability / skill
HSK 7-9
to get involved in / to meddle / interference
HSK 7-9
mariner / sailor / seaman
HSK 7-9
hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:)
HSK 7-9
personally / with one's own hands
HSK 7-9
working hand; member of a work team; participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手)
HSK 7-9
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out
HSK 7-9
to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed
HSK 7-9
as an incidental action while doing sth else; while one is at it; in passing / smooth; easy; without difficulty
HSK 7-9
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
HSK 7-9
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
thorny (problem) / intractable
HSK 7-9
expert in / good at
HSK 7-9
capable / clever / dexterous
HSK 7-9
no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
HSK 7-9
second-hand car
HSK 7-9
operating room
HSK 7-9
handkerchief / CL:
HSK 7-9
first-hand
HSK 7-9
archer / shooter / marksman / (football etc) striker
gunman / sharpshooter / sb who takes an exam for sb else / sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own
handle / video game controller
executioner / headsman / slaughterer / fig. indiscriminate murderer
drummer
guitar player
to wave (one's hand)
Kuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app
to write by hand
manuscript / script
to paint by hand; to draw by hand / hand-painted; hand-drawn
to write personally / personal letter
to desist / to stop / to stay one's hand
left hand; left-hand side
portable
wristband / bracelet
experienced person / an old hand at sth
V sign (hand gesture)
chain bracelet / CL: 條|条
handrail / armrest
tentacle
to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice
(fig.) to itch (to do sth)
to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor
to take possession of / to get hold of
to masturbate / masturbation
mallet / drumstick
to shake hands
handbrake
manacles / handcuffs

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