手绘 手繪 shǒu huì to paint by hand / to draw by hand / hand-painted / hand-drawn 传给 傳給 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation) 地和 dì hú (mahjong) earthly hand / a hand that is completed by a non-dealer on their first draw / (mahjong) to obtain an earthly hand 天和 tiān hú (mahjong) heavenly hand / a hand that is completed by the dealer on their first draw / (mahjong) to obtain a heavenly hand 近期 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent syn 紧 緊 jǐn tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten syn 死到临头 死到臨頭 sǐ dào lín tóu Death is near at hand. (idiom) 一边 一邊 yī biān one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while syn 右手 yòu shǒu right hand / right-hand side syn 伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle syn 左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand / left-hand side syn 携手 攜手 xié shǒu hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate syn 手心 shǒu xīn palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) syn 举手 舉手 jǔ shǒu to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal) 摆手 擺手 bǎi shǒu to wave one's hand / to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc) / to swing one's arms syn 递交 遞交 dì jiāo to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before syn 交手 jiāo shǒu to fight hand to hand syn 手拉手 shǒu lā shǒu to join hands / hand in hand syn 手头 手頭 shǒu tóu on hand / at hand / one's financial situation syn 反手 fǎn shǒu to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done 援手 yuán shǒu assistance / a helping hand / to lend a hand syn 手边 手邊 shǒu biān on hand / at hand syn 肉搏 ròu bó to fight hand-to-hand syn 缴交 繳交 jiǎo jiāo to hand in / to hand over / to pay (a fee etc) 手牵手 手牽手 shǒu qiān shǒu hand in hand 手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn 徒手 tú shǒu with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing) 时针 時針 shí zhēn hand of a clock / hour hand 短兵相接 duǎn bīng xiāng jiē lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom) / fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters syn 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn 齐头并进 齊頭並進 qí tóu bìng jìn to go forward together (idiom) / to undertake simultaneous tasks / going hand in hand syn 护手霜 護手霜 hù shǒu shuāng hand cream / hand lotion 肉搏战 肉搏戰 ròu bó zhàn hand-to-hand combat 白刃战 白刃戰 bái rèn zhàn hand-to-hand fighting 掌 zhǎng palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield syn 缴 繳 jiǎo to hand in / to hand over / to pay / to capture (weapons) / to seize syn 手用 shǒu yòng hand-used / hand (tool) 手缝 手縫 shǒu féng to sew by hand / hand-sewn 携手并肩 攜手並肩 xié shǒu bìng jiān hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder syn 文武合一 wén wǔ hé yī civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom) 翻手为云覆手变雨 翻手為雲覆手變雨 fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom) 人工布雷 rén gōng bù léi hand mine-laying / hand laying 外手 wài shǒu right-hand side (of a machine) / right-hand side (passenger side) of a vehicle syn 携手同行 攜手同行 xié shǒu tóng xíng to walk hand in hand / to cooperate 拃 zhǎ span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand) / to span (measure with one's hand) 手滑 shǒu huá to do sth by mistake (with one's hand) / to make a slip of the hand (e.g. click the wrong button) 风火轮 風火輪 fēng huǒ lún (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒[Ne2 zha5] / (fig.) never-ending treadmill 相随 相隨 xiāng suí to tag along (with sb) / (in combination with 與|与[yu3] or 和[he2]) to accompany (sb) / (fig.) (of one situation) to go hand in hand (with another) 捯 dáo (coll.) to reel in (string, yarn etc) by pulling hand over hand or by coiling / to step along / to look into / to pursue (a matter) 手搓 shǒu cuō to make by hand / to hand-craft 后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn 靠近 kào jìn to be close to / to approach / to draw near syn 走近 zǒu jìn to approach / to draw near to syn 逼近 bī jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near syn 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 邻近 鄰近 lín jìn neighboring / adjacent / near / vicinity syn 远近 遠近 yuǎn jìn far and near / distance syn 四面八方 sì miàn bā fāng in all directions / all around / far and near syn 后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 挨着 挨著 āi zhe near syn 近前 jìn qián to come close / to get near to / front 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close / very near syn 近亲 近親 jìn qīn close relative / near relation 遐迩 遐邇 xiá ěr near and far / far and wide 幽州 yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing 阳明山 陽明山 yáng míng shān Mt Yangming in Hunan / Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 比邻 比鄰 bǐ lín (literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] syn 大亚湾 大亞灣 dà yà wān Daya Bay, located on the coast of Guangdong, near Shenzhen and Hong Kong 秦始皇陵 qín shǐ huáng líng the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Li2 shan1] near Xi'an (awaits excavation) 终南山 終南山 zhōng nán shān Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an / also known as the Taiyi Mountains 八九不离十 八九不離十 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close / very near / about right syn 骊山 驪山 lí shān Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor 天台山 tiān tāi shān Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1] 终南 終南 zhōng nán Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an 挨近 āi jìn to approach / to get close to / to sneak up on / near to syn 近义词 近義詞 jìn yì cí near-synonym 近东 近東 jìn dōng Near East 比 bì to associate with / to be near syn 凡尔赛 凡爾賽 fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful 傍边 傍邊 bàng biān near / beside 河姆渡 hé mǔ dù Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC 近水楼台 近水樓臺 jìn shuǐ lóu tái lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) / fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor syn 淮海战役 淮海戰役 huái hǎi zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war 悬空寺 懸空寺 xuán kōng sì Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi 即 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn 濒于 瀕於 bīn yú near to / approaching (collapse) syn 波茨坦 bō cí tǎn Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany 切近 qiè jìn close / near / similar to syn 潮洲 cháo zhōu Chaozhou or Teochew, a town near Guangdong, with famous cuisine / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3 nan2 yu3] spoken in east Guangdong 近 jìn near / close to / approximately syn 高纬度 高緯度 gāo wěi dù high latitude (i.e. near the poles) 苏美尔 蘇美爾 sū měi ěr Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East 色拉寺 sè lā sì Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet 靠 kào to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) syn 薄 bó meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near syn 拢 攏 lǒng to gather together / to collect / to approach / to draw near to / to add / to sum up / to comb (hair) syn 傍 bāng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. pang2, bang1, bang4 syn 