Word information
Simplified拿手
Traditional拿手
Pinyinnáshǒu
Part of speech形
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.06
Character breakdown
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How to learn 拿手
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手机shǒujī
cell phone; mobile phone; CL:部[bu4],臺|台[tai2]
拿náold variant of 拿[na2]; to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object); variant of 拿[na2]
手shǒuhand; (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]
手表shǒubiǎowristwatch; CL:塊|块[kuai4],隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet; lavatory; washroom
歌手gēshǒusinger