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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
handwork / manual
HSK 4
(surgical) operation / surgery / CL: 個|个
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
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
assistant; helper
HSK 5
both hands
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
craftmanship / workmanship / handicraft / trade
HSK 7-9
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
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
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
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 put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out
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
to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed
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
hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate
HSK 7-9
no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
HSK 7-9
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
helmsman
HSK 7-9
second-hand car
HSK 7-9
operating room
HSK 7-9
handkerchief / CL:
HSK 7-9
first-hand
HSK 7-9
Please do not be too severe on me!
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
one's every movement (idiom) / comportment / gestures
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
executioner / headsman / slaughterer / fig. indiscriminate murderer
hand-mixed drink (of the kind sold at a bubble tea shop)
drummer
guitar player
chayote (Sechium edule); choko; mirliton
to wave (one's hand)
suicide bomber
tentacle
Kuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app
to deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance (typically to maintain leverage, avoid being replaced, or preserve authority in hierarchical relationships)
to write by hand
manuscript / script
to paint by hand; to draw by hand / hand-painted; hand-drawn
to write personally / personal letter
to take over (a lease, shop or business from the previous tenant) (originally Cantonese)
to desist / to stop / to stay one's hand
archer / shooter / marksman / (football etc) striker
key money; takeover fee paid to a previous tenant when assuming their lease or business (originally Cantonese)
to let go of sth / to give up
dynamiter
(idiom) to get one's own task done by sb else
mafia
(of a surgeon) to operate (on sb) / (of a patient) to have an operation
portable
wristband / bracelet

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