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拿手

ná shǒu

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

拿手 (ná shǒu) means "expert in; good at". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 拿手 means

1. expert in
2. good at

The characters in 拿手

• 拿náto hold; to seize; to catch
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 运动我不拿手。
  I am not good at sports.
• 这不是我拿手的。
  Zhè bù shì wǒ náshǒu de.
  That is not my line.
• 让我替你拿手提箱。
  Let me relieve you of your suitcase.
• 木须肉是我的拿手菜。
  Mù xū ròu shì wǒ de náshǒucài.
  Mu shu pork is my speciality.
• 为什么你做饭那么拿手呢？
  Wèishénme nǐ zuòfàn nàme náshǒu ne?
  Why are you so good at cooking?
• 为什幺你做饭那幺拿手呢？
  Why are you so good at cooking?

Words starting with 拿手

• 拿手好戏ná shǒu hǎo xìthe role an actor plays best (idiom); (fig.) one's specialty; one's forte
• 拿手菜ná shǒu càispecialty (dish)

Where 拿手 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · ēn–ná (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read ná shǒu correctly.
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