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手 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]
提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
刀 dāo knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他[xiang3 dao1 ta1] "I could kill him!")
帮忙 bāng máng to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn
举手 jǔ shǒu to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
交给 jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over
赏 shǎng to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / a reward (bestowed by a superior) / to appreciate (beauty)
与 yǔ (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) / (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year") / (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
投 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
握手 wò shǒu to shake hands
递给 dì gěi to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
点 diǎn to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
紧 jǐn tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten
亲 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear
按 àn to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment
动手 dòng shǒu to set about (a task) / to raise a hand to hit sb / to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
流传 liú chuán to spread; to circulate; to hand down
日进斗金 rì jìn dǒu jīn (idiom) to rake in money; to make money hand over fist
摸 mō to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract
交付 jiāo fù to hand over / to deliver
一发 yī fā (Japanese mahjong) to complete one's hand within a single turn after declaring riichi (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 一発 "ippatsu")
吃里扒外 chī lǐ pá wài (idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds
联手 lián shǒu lit. to join hands / to act together
下手 xià shǒu to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
握爪 wò zhuǎ (humorous) to shake hands


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