shǒu 
		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[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shǒu jī 
		cell phone
mobile phone
CL:部[bu4],支[zhi1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xīn shǒu 
		new hand
novice
raw recruit
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			shǒu duàn 
		method
means (of doing sth)
strategy
trick
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shǒu lǐ 
		in hand
(a situation is) in sb's hands
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			èr shǒu fáng 
		second-hand house
house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gāo shǒu 
		expert
past master
dab hand
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rù shǒu 
		to begin
to set one's hand to
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shǒu zú 
		hands and feet
(fig.) brothers
retinue, henchmen, accomplices
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yán shǒu 
		Iwate prefecture in north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xié shǒu 
		hand in hand
to join hands
to collaborate
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jí shǒu 
		thorny (problem)
intractable
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shǒu xù 
		procedure
CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
formalities
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xià shǒu 
		to start
to put one's hand to
to set about
the seat to the right of the main guest
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yī bǎ shǒu 
		working hand
member of a work team
participant
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé xīn yìng shǒu 
		lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job
entirely in one's element
going smoothly and easily
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rén shǒu 
		manpower
staff
human hand
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yuán shǒu 
		assistance
a helping hand
to lend a hand
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhuó shǒu 
		to put one's hand to it
to start out on a task
to set out
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			ài bù shì shǒu 
		to love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shù shǒu wú cè 
		lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tú shǒu 
		with bare hands
unarmed
fighting hand-to-hand
freehand (drawing)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			èr shǒu 
		indirectly acquired
second-hand (information, equipment etc)
assistant
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qí shǒu 
		a flag carrier (army)
ensign
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shǒu shù 
		(surgical) operation
surgery
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			duì shǒu 
		opponent
rival
competitor
(well-matched) adversary
match
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shǒu gōng yì 
		handicraft
arts and crafts
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kōng shǒu 
		empty-handed
unarmed
karate
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shī shǒu 
		a slip
miscalculation
unwise move
accidentally
by mistake
to lose control
to be defeated
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jǔ shǒu tóu zú 
		one's every movement (idiom)
comportment
gestures
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù zé shǒu duàn 
		by fair means or foul
by hook or by crook
unscrupulously
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zuǒ yòu shǒu 
		left and right hands
(fig.) capable assistant
right-hand man
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhì shǒu kě rè 
		lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); arrogance of the powerful
a mighty figure no-one dares approach
hot (exciting or in favor)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xǐ shǒu 
		to wash one's hands
to go to the toilet