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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
in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands
HSK 4
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
technique / trick / skill
HSK 5
HSK 2
procedure / CL: , 個|个 / formalities
HSK 3
glove / mitten / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 4
HSK 3
(surgical) operation / surgery / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
handwork / manual
HSK 4
arm / helper
HSK 7-9
on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
HSK 7-9
palm
HSK 7-9
wrist / trickery / finesse / ability / skill
HSK 7-9
hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices
gesture; sign; signal
HSK 7-9
(hand)bag / hold-all
manual / manually operated / manual gear-change
HSK 7-9
service charge / processing fee / commission
HSK 6
cart
pistol / CL:
HSK 7-9
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.
craftmanship / workmanship / handicraft / trade
HSK 7-9
hand grenade
to write by hand
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
short of money / hard up
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
luck (in gambling)
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)
handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer)
hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:)
HSK 7-9
(coll.) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of
palmistry / features of a palm (in palmistry)
on hand / at hand
operating room
HSK 7-9
stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy
hand in hand
gesture; sign; signal
handle
manacles / handcuffs
manual; handbook
HSK 7-9
grip strength; hand strength
back of the hand
grenade
manumatic
flashlight / torch
(literary) personal letter
hand-used / hand (tool)
brotherly kindness
glove compartment (of a car) / glovebox (sealed compartment with attached gloves for handling hazardous materials etc)
(idiom) one's defeated opponent
to make by hand / handmade
palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)
(idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
fluffy, flaky pancake (made with dough, not batter)
portable
portable computer
flashlight / electric hand torch
hand-mixed drink (of the kind sold at a bubble tea shop)
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
fingertip / finger
manipulation (e.g. ball handling in sport) / hand job
at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered
to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice
hand towel / handkerchief
hand shadow drama
hand-eye coordination
hand organ / hurdy-gurdy
thieving / light-fingered / prone to stealing
mobile game / abbr. for 手機遊戲|手机游戏
(coll.) klutz
handbag
handicraft / arts and crafts
wrist (dialect)
handbrake
manual gearbox / manual transmission
temaki (a nori cone filled with sushi)
hand scroll
to kill with one's own hand
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)
suitcase
to write personally / personal letter
cash in hand
handicraft
garage kit / action figure / model figure
SIM card
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
toilet paper
wrist- (watch, compass)
sb's original handwriting or painting
(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
handstand
manual gear change / shift stick
accordion

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