者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn 博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician 一边 一邊 yī biān one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while syn 解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn 右手 yòu shǒu right hand / right-hand side syn 手头 手頭 shǒu tóu on hand / at hand / one's financial situation syn 左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand / left-hand side syn 举手 舉手 jǔ shǒu to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal) 打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn 伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.)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 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 携手 攜手 xié shǒu hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate syn 递交 遞交 dì jiāo to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before syn 老手 lǎo shǒu experienced person / an old hand at sth syn 手边 手邊 shǒu biān on hand / at hand syn 交手 jiāo shǒu to fight hand to hand syn 徒手 tú shǒu with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing) 手心 shǒu xīn palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) syn 老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn 食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn 时针 時針 shí zhēn hand of a clock / hour hand 旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 手拉手 shǒu lā shǒu to join hands / hand in hand syn 肉搏 ròu bó to fight hand-to-hand syn 旧书 舊書 jiù shū second-hand book / old book / ancient book syn 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 反手 fǎn shǒu to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done 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 老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn 宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn 喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn 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 寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn 老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn 肉搏战 肉搏戰 ròu bó zhàn hand-to-hand combat 念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn 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 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn 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) 手绘 手繪 shǒu huì to paint by hand / to draw by hand / hand-painted / hand-drawn 老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn 援手 yuán shǒu assistance / a helping hand / to lend a 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 古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn 护手霜 護手霜 hù shǒu shuāng hand cream / hand lotion 故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river) 中国通 中國通 zhōng guó tōng China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand 旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth 州 zhōu prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) 右 yòu (bound form) right / right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence syn 掌 zhǎng palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield syn 甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn 卢 盧 lú (old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy 京 jīng capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old) syn 岂 豈 kǎi old variant of 愷|恺[kai3] / old variant of 凱|凯[kai3] syn 曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 缴 繳 jiǎo to hand in / to hand over / to pay / to capture (weapons) / to seize syn 穆 mù solemn / reverent / calm / burial position in an ancestral tomb (old) / old variant of 默 牧 mù to herd / to breed livestock / to govern (old) / government official (old) syn 老东西 老東西 lǎo dōng xi (derog.) old fool / old bastard 廉 lián incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old) syn 叟 sǒu old gentleman / old man syn 卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn 嬴 yíng old variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit / old variant of 盈[ying2], full 牟 móu barley / to moo / to seek or obtain / old variant of 侔[mou2] / old variant of 眸[mou2] syn 哏 hěn old variant of 狠[hen3] / old variant of 很[hen3] / also used as an exclamation of anger syn 老马识途 老馬識途 lǎo mǎ shí tú an old horse knows the way (idiom) / an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes syn 倌 guān keeper of domestic animals / herdsman / (old) hired hand in certain trade syn 白刃战 白刃戰 bái rèn zhàn hand-to-hand fighting 挝 撾 zhuā ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw / old variant of 抓[zhua1] / to strike / to beat syn 桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone 邕 yōng city surrounded by a moat / old variant of 雍[yong1] / old variant of 壅[yong1] 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 胙 zuò to grant or bestow / sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old) / blessing / title of a sovereign (old) 锜 錡 qí three legged cauldron (old) / woodworking chisel (old) 手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn 身上 shēn shang on the body / at hand / among syn 帮忙 幫忙 bāng máng to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn syn 提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn 身边 身邊 shēn biān at one's side / on hand 交 jiāo to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤[jiao1] syn 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 住手 zhù shǒu to desist / to stop / to stay one's hand syn 交给 交給 jiāo gěi to give / to deliver / to hand over syn 手里 手裡 shǒu lǐ in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands 放手 fàng shǒu to let go one's hold / to give up / to have a free hand syn 手下 shǒu xià under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action syn 下手 xià shǒu to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest syn 见识 見識 jiàn shi to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight syn 