手
脚

Hand and foot in Chinese: 手脚 (shǒu jiǎo)

shǒu jiǎo

hand and foot

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 手腳1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1hand and foot
  2. 2movement of limbs
  3. 3action
  4. 4trick
  5. 5step in a procedure

Stroke order

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手
脚

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄡˇ

shǒu

ㄕ/ shㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧㄠˇ

jiǎo

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

手脚

Simplified

手腳

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 天太冷，我的手脚都冻僵了。

    tiān tài lěng， wǒ de shǒu jiǎo dōu dòng jiāng le。

    It's so cold that my hands and feet are frozen stiff.

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Related words

脚

jiǎo

foot

手

shǒu

hand

手表

shǒu biǎo

wristwatch

手机

shǒu jī

cell phone

握手

wò shǒu

to shake hands

对手

duì shǒu

opponent

手工

shǒu gōng

handwork

手术

shǒu shù

(surgical) operation

手套

shǒu tào

glove

手续

shǒu xù

procedure

手指

shǒu zhǐ

finger

举手

jǔ shǒu

to raise a hand

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