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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
cell phone; mobile phone / CL:
HSK 1
HSK 2
procedure / CL: , 個|个 / formalities
HSK 3
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
technique / trick / skill
HSK 5
glove / mitten / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 4
HSK 3
handwork / manual
HSK 4
in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands
HSK 4
arm / helper
HSK 7-9
service charge / processing fee / commission
HSK 6
palm
HSK 7-9
wrist / trickery / finesse / ability / skill
HSK 7-9
operating room
HSK 7-9
(surgical) operation / surgery / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to hand-wash
pistol / CL:
HSK 7-9
hand grenade
craftmanship / workmanship / handicraft / trade
HSK 7-9
SIM card
hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:)
HSK 7-9
fingertip / finger
hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices
on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
HSK 7-9
(hand)bag / hold-all
handicraft
notebook / pocket diary
sign language
brotherly kindness
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.
bracelet
manual; handbook
HSK 7-9
manual / manually operated / manual gear-change
HSK 7-9
to take notes / one's notes
flashlight / electric hand torch
trolley / cart / barrow / handcart / wheelbarrow / baby buggy
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
accordion
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
handkerchief / CL:
HSK 7-9
cart
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
on hand / at hand
to join hands / hand in hand
the feel (of sth touched with the hand) / (textiles) handle
to do sth by mistake (with one's hand) / to make a slip of the hand (e.g. click the wrong button)
flashlight / torch
(idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer)
gesture; sign; signal
HSK 7-9
(coll.) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of
palmistry / features of a palm (in palmistry)
luck (in gambling)
gesture; sign; signal
cell phone case
(fig.) to itch (to do sth)
handwriting recognition
handle
back of the hand
grenade
to write by hand
short of money / hard up
handbrake
toilet paper
manual gearbox / manual transmission
(literary) personal letter
hand-used / hand (tool)
operating table
glove compartment (of a car) / glovebox (sealed compartment with attached gloves for handling hazardous materials etc)
(coll.) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of
hand-eye coordination
chain bracelet / CL: 條|条
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)
portable
to shade one's eyes with one's hand
at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered
manipulation (e.g. ball handling in sport) / hand job
manual gear change / shift stick
hand towel / handkerchief
hand shadow drama
fluffy, flaky pancake (made with dough, not batter)
tightfisted / stingy / short of money / hard up
garage kit / action figure / model figure
wristband / bracelet
handbag
handwritten form; cursive
wrist (dialect)
handsaw
temaki (a nori cone filled with sushi)
hand scroll
to write personally / personal letter
handkerchief / CL: 張|张, 塊|块
thieving / light-fingered / prone to stealing
to kill with one's own hand
handbrake
handicraft / arts and crafts
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
(Tw) manual transmission (abbr. for 手動排檔|手动排档)

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