{"id":1183,"date":"2013-11-23T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T14:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2022-05-03T06:03:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T06:03:24","slug":"the-many-uses-of-hand-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/the-many-uses-of-hand-in-chinese.html","title":{"rendered":"The Many Uses of \u201cHand\u201d in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If we say someone is clever and deft, we mean he or she is quick-witted and nimble-fingered and it is called \u201c\u5fc3\u7075\u624b\u5de7\u201d (x\u012bn ling sh\u01d2u qi\u01ceo) in Chinese. \u201c\u624b\u201d (sh\u01d2u)\uff08hand\uff09is important in working or doing other things. And in Chinese, \u201c\u624b\u201d (sh\u01d2u ) has many different uses besides the literal meaning \u201chand,\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1\u3001Do something through a hands-on approach<\/strong>, like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201c\u624b\u7a3f\u201d(sh\u01d2u g\u01ceo) original manuscript<\/li><li>\u201d\u624b\u8ff9\u201d (sh\u01d2u j\u00ec) original handwriting<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2\u3001 A certain skill, capability, trick, or gimmick<\/strong>, like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201c\u5199\u4f5c\u624b\u6cd5\u201d (xi\u011b zu\u00f2 sh\u01d2u f\u01ce) method of writing<\/li><li>\u201d\u60ef\u7528\u624b\u6cd5\u201d (gu\u00e0n y\u00f2ng sh\u01d2u f\u01ce) same old trick<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3\u3001 Somebody who does something or is very good at doing something<\/strong>, like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201d\u80fd\u624b\u201d (n\u00e9ng sh\u01d2u) dab hand at something<\/li><li>\u201d\u65b0\u624b\u201d ( x\u012bn sh\u01d2u) new hand or raw recruit<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4\u3001 Something tinny and be easy to take with oneself<\/strong>, like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201c\u624b\u673a\u201d (sh\u01d2u j\u012b) hand phone<\/li><li>\u201d\u624b\u518c\u201d (sh\u01d2u c\u00e8) manual<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5\u3001 Now, Chinese always say \u201c\u5206\u624b\u201d (f\u0113n sh\u01d2u) when they break up with one\u2019s boyfriend or girlfriend<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So you see, we have so many sayings about \u201chand,\u201d which also indicates how important and how agile it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">T\u0101 de gu\u00e0n y\u00f2ng sh\u01d2u f\u01ce ji\u00f9 sh\u00ec t\u00e1o p\u01ceo<br>\u4ed6 \u7684 \u60ef \u7528 \u624b \u6cd5 \u5c31 \u662f \u9003 \u8dd1\u3002<br>His usual trick is escaping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">W\u01d2 zh\u01d0 sh\u00ec x\u012bn sh\u01d2u.<br>\u6211\u53ea\u662f\u65b0\u624b<br>I`m just a newbie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">W\u01d2 men f\u0113n sh\u01d2u ba<br>\u6211 \u4eec \u5206 \u624b \u5427\u3002<br>Let`s break up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If we say someone is clever and deft, we mean he or she is quick-witted and nimble-fingered and it is called \u201c\u5fc3\u7075\u624b\u5de7\u201d (x\u012bn ling sh\u01d2u qi\u01ceo) in Chinese. \u201c\u624b\u201d (sh\u01d2u)\uff08hand\uff09is important in working or doing other things. And in Chinese, \u201c\u624b\u201d (sh\u01d2u ) has many different uses besides the literal meaning \u201chand,\u201d. 1\u3001Do something through&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,176],"tags":[86,93,89,84],"post_series":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Many Uses of \u201cHand\u201d in Chinese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you know how to use &quot;hand&quot; in Chinese.? \u201c\u624b\u201d (sh\u01d2u) is important in working or doing other things. 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