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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
on the body / at hand / among
HSK 1
one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while
HSK 1
to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *右* | 右* | *右
(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *提* | 提* | *提
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
HSK 2
at one's side / on hand
HSK 2
to give; to deliver; to hand over
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *交* | 交* | *交
to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of
HSK 2
to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *按* | 按* | *按
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
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亲* | 亲* | *亲
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
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *付* | 付* | *付
to pay / to hand over to / classifier for pairs or sets of things
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紧* | 紧* | *紧
tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten
HSK 3
to shake hands
HSK 3
on the one hand
HSK 3
on the other hand / another aspect
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赏* | 赏* | *赏
to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / a reward (bestowed by a superior) / to appreciate (beauty)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摸* | 摸* | *摸
to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *投* | 投* | *投
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
HSK 4
to spread / to circulate / to hand down
HSK 4
indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant
HSK 4
in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands
HSK 4
both hands
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *递* | 递* | *递
to hand over; to pass on; to deliver / (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扶* | 扶* | *扶
to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help
HSK 5
washbowl / basin for washing hands and face / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *端* | 端* | *端
(bound form) tip; end; extremity / (bound form) aspect; facet / (bound form) upright; proper / to hold sth level with both hands; to carry / to eliminate; to wipe out
HSK 6
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *托* | 托* | *托
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm / sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest) / (bound form) a shill / to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托) / torr (unit of pressure)
HSK 6
turning one's back to (sth or sb) / keeping sth secret from (sb) / keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
HSK 6
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
lit. to join hands / to act together
HSK 6
to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle
HSK 7-9
new hand / novice / raw recruit
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拎* | 拎* | *拎
to lift up; to carry in one's hand / Taiwan pr. [ling1]
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拨* | 拨* | *拨
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掰* | 掰* | *掰
to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
HSK 7-9
to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before
HSK 7-9
hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缴* | 缴* | *缴
to hand in; to hand over; to pay / to capture (weapons); to seize
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拱* | 拱* | *拱
to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搓* | 搓* | *搓
to rub or roll between the hands or fingers / to twist
HSK 7-9
to transfer / to hand over
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筒* | 筒* | *筒
tube / cylinder / to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
HSK 7-9
to leave behind / to hand down
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捂* | 捂* | *捂
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
HSK 7-9
to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend
HSK 7-9
to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *垂* | 垂* | *垂
to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捏* | 捏* | *捏
to hold between the thumb and fingers / to pinch / to mold (using the fingers) / to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.) / to join together / to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)
HSK 7-9
to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out
HSK 7-9
personally / with one's own hands
HSK 7-9
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捧* | 捧* | *捧
to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands
HSK 7-9
manpower / staff / human hand
HSK 7-9
everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand / to have all one needs
HSK 7-9
(of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
to hand over / to deliver
HSK 7-9
hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:)
HSK 7-9
working hand; member of a work team; participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手)
HSK 7-9
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
HSK 7-9
to witness / to see at first hand / to see with one's own eyes
HSK 7-9
to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring
HSK 7-9
second-hand car
HSK 7-9
passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation
HSK 7-9
first-hand
HSK 7-9
(physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed; oppressive
HSK 7-9
right hand / right-hand side
to wave one's hand / to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc) / to swing one's arms
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摁* | 摁* | *摁
to press (with one's finger or hand)
cashier / to receive and hand over payment / to lend and borrow books
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拓* | 拓* | *拓
to expand / to push sth with the hand / to develop / to open up
to paint by hand; to draw by hand / hand-painted; hand-drawn
pointer on a gauge / clock hand / cursor / (computing) pointer
to write by hand
to desist / to stop / to stay one's hand
on the other hand... / conversely...
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胡* | 胡* | *胡
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written )
to hand over to / to give to higher authority / to seek connections in high places
(coll.) to remove (crinkles, dirt) with the palm of the hand / Taiwan pr. [mo2suo1]
right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撸* | 撸* | *撸
(dialect) to rub one's hand along / to fire (an employee) / to reprimand
left hand; left-hand side
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扛* | 扛* | *扛
to raise aloft with both hands / (of two or more people) to carry sth together
to wash one's hands / to go to the toilet
hand of a clock / hour hand
to pay / to hand over (tax payment etc)
to write (by hand) / to practice calligraphy
experienced person / an old hand at sth
the feel (of sth touched with the hand) / (textiles) handle
to pay up / to shell out / to hand over the money to cover sth
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
handed down from ancient times / family heirloom
empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
to swing one's arms / to wash one's hands of sth
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory

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