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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
HSK 3
procedure / CL: , 個|个 / formalities
HSK 3
(surgical) operation / surgery / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
glove / mitten / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 4
in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands
HSK 4
handwork / manual
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
palm
HSK 7-9
gesture; sign; signal
HSK 7-9
hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:)
HSK 7-9
wrist / trickery / finesse / ability / skill
HSK 7-9
manual / manually operated / manual gear-change
HSK 7-9
craftmanship / workmanship / handicraft / trade
HSK 7-9
operating room
HSK 7-9
on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
HSK 7-9
arm / helper
HSK 7-9
handkerchief / CL:
HSK 7-9
pistol / CL:
HSK 7-9
(Tw) manual transmission (abbr. for 手動排檔|手动排档)
to set down (rules) / to institute
a salute / hands raised
fingertip / finger
toilet paper
back of the hand
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
liberal with one's money / free-spending
(idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
(Tw) a barcode presented at checkout, used to electronically save the receipt 統一發票|统一发票 to the customer’s cloud account
(hand)bag / hold-all
sign language
hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices
handicraft / arts and crafts
to masturbate / masturbation
to take notes / one's notes
hand towel / handkerchief
under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action
to write by hand
palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)
flashlight / electric hand torch
handle / video game controller
(literary) personal letter
hand in hand
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
bracelet
(idiom) one's defeated opponent
suitcase
hand grenade
trolley / cart / barrow / handcart / wheelbarrow / baby buggy
manuscript / script
wrist
the feel (of sth touched with the hand) / (textiles) handle
portable computer
to write personally / personal letter
to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice
at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered
see 手心
stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
tightfisted / stingy / short of money / hard up
(fig.) to itch (to do sth)
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.
grip strength; hand strength
grenade
luck (in gambling)
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
handwritten form; cursive
(coll.) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of
handsaw
to kill with one's own hand
thieving / light-fingered / prone to stealing
lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying) / fig. weak; unaccustomed to physical work
handbrake
handkerchief / CL: 張|张, 塊|块
on hand / at hand
manual control
handprint / fingerprint; thumbprint
handwriting recognition
cane / CL:
handicraft
brotherly affection
hand formed into a flat shape, as for a karate chop
handstand
to make by hand / handmade
temaki (a nori cone filled with sushi)
hand scroll
manipulation (e.g. ball handling in sport) / hand job
gimlet / hand drill
handjob / manual stimulation
chain bracelet / CL: 條|条
wristband / bracelet
elbow
to do sth by mistake (with one's hand) / to make a slip of the hand (e.g. click the wrong button)
hand-cranked
flexor tendon (coll.) / tesuji (a skillful move in the game of Go) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 手筋 "tesuji")

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