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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
HSK 2
HSK 3
procedure / CL: , 個|个 / formalities
HSK 3
(surgical) operation / surgery / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
handwork / manual
HSK 4
glove / mitten / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
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
service charge / processing fee / commission
HSK 6
manual; handbook
HSK 7-9
manual / manually operated / manual gear-change
HSK 7-9
craftmanship / workmanship / handicraft / trade
HSK 7-9
gesture; sign; signal
HSK 7-9
palm
HSK 7-9
pistol / CL:
HSK 7-9
arm / helper
HSK 7-9
wrist / trickery / finesse / ability / skill
HSK 7-9
hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:)
HSK 7-9
on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
HSK 7-9
operating room
HSK 7-9
handkerchief / CL:
HSK 7-9
handle / video game controller
to write by hand
manuscript / script
to paint by hand; to draw by hand / hand-painted; hand-drawn
to write personally / personal letter
portable
wristband / bracelet
chain bracelet / CL: 條|条
to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice
(fig.) to itch (to do sth)
to masturbate / masturbation
mallet / drumstick
handbrake
manacles / handcuffs
bracelet
hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices
cane / CL:
palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)
grenade
to take notes / one's notes
the feel (of sth touched with the hand) / (textiles) handle
lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs
hand grenade
elbow
sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale
under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action
handkerchief / CL: 張|张, 塊|块
hand-cranked
back of the hand
hand towel / handkerchief
sign language
handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer)
tightfisted / stingy / short of money / hard up
palmistry / features of a palm (in palmistry)
(idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
manumatic
luck (in gambling)
lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts.
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
(literary) personal letter
sb's original handwriting or painting
to be skillful with one's hands / to be manually adroit
toilet paper
handsaw
temaki (a nori cone filled with sushi)
hand scroll
handbrake
(coll.) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of
brotherly affection
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
mobile game / abbr. for 手機遊戲|手机游戏
handle
stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy
variant of 手卷
handjob / manual stimulation
manual control
see 手心
(hand)bag / hold-all
hand formed into a flat shape, as for a karate chop
chiral / chirality (chemistry)
flashlight / electric hand torch
handwritten form; cursive
garage kit / action figure / model figure
to do sth by mistake (with one's hand) / to make a slip of the hand (e.g. click the wrong button)
flexor tendon (coll.) / tesuji (a skillful move in the game of Go) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 手筋 "tesuji")
lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom) / fig. to both be of equal importance / to value both equally
handicraft / arts and crafts
manual gear change / shift stick
SIM card
pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang) / pilau
hand in hand
(coll.) klutz
manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
trolley / cart / barrow / handcart / wheelbarrow / baby buggy
notebook / pocket diary
accordion

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