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一手

yī shǒu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

一手 (yī shǒu) means "a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 一手 means

1. a skill
2. mastery of a trade
3. by oneself
4. without outside help

The characters in 一手

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 给我们弹一手。
  Gěi wǒmen tán yīshǒu.
  Play us a tune.
• 他写得一手好字
  Tā xiě de yīshǒu hǎo zì
  He writes the Chinese characters very well.

Words starting with 一手

• 一手包办yī shǒu bāo bànto take care of a matter all by oneself; to run the whole show
• 一手遮天yī shǒu zhē tiānlit. to hide the sky with one hand; to hide the truth from the masses

Words containing 一手

• 有一手yǒu yī shǒuto have a skill; to have a lot on the ball; to have an affair
• 留一手liú yī shǒuto deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance…
• 第一手dì yī shǒufirst-hand
• 露一手lòu yī shǒuto show off one's abilities; to exhibit one's skills

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yī shǒu correctly.
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