手
Meaning
- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
Measure word
双 shuāng or 只 zhī
Example sentence
举起手来！
Put your hands up!
The character 手
手 is a hand with the fingers spread, and as a radical it becomes 扌 on the left of 打, 拿 and 找. 手机 is the hand machine, a phone; 握手 to shake hands; and it names people who do things — 歌手, 选手, 对手.
Words containing 手
- 手机 shǒu jī cell phone; mobile phone
- 洗手间 xǐ shǒu jiān toilet
- 举手 jǔ shǒu to raise a hand
- 手表 shǒu biǎo wristwatch
- 对手 duì shǒu opponent
- 歌手 gē shǒu singer
- 手续 shǒu xù procedure
- 手指 shǒu zhǐ finger
- 握手 wò shǒu to shake hands
- 选手 xuǎn shǒu athlete
- 二手 èr shǒu indirectly acquired
- 分手 fēn shǒu to part company
- 手工 shǒu gōng handwork
- 手里 shǒu lǐ in hand
- 手术 shǒu shù (surgical) operation
- 手套 shǒu tào glove
- 随手 suí shǒu conveniently