Dictionary › 手艺

手艺

shǒu yì

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 手藝

What 手艺 means

1. craftmanship
2. workmanship
3. handicraft
4. trade

The characters in 手艺

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 艺yìskill; art

Example sentences

• 我强烈推荐任何想学习一门手艺的人都去读这本书。
  I greatly recommend reading it to anybody thinking of learning a craft.

Sounds the same

Read shǒu yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 首邑local capital; regional capital