右手
yòu shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

右手
 - 
yòu shǒu
  1. right hand
  2. right-hand side

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分手
fēn shǒu
  1. 1 to part company
  2. 2 to split up
  3. 3 to break up
射手座
Shè shǒu zuò
  1. 1 Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
  2. 2 popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
左右
zuǒ yòu
  1. 1 left and right
  2. 2 nearby
  3. 3 approximately
  4. 4 attendant
  5. 5 to control
  6. 6 to influence
手
shǒu
  1. 1 hand
  2. 2 (formal) to hold
  3. 3 person engaged in certain types of work
  4. 4 person skilled in certain types of work
  5. 5 personal(ly)
  6. 6 convenient
  7. 7 classifier for skill
  8. 8 CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]
手机
shǒu jī
  1. 1 cell phone
  2. 2 mobile phone
  3. 3 CL:部[bù],支[zhī]
一手
yī shǒu
  1. 1 a skill
  2. 2 mastery of a trade
  3. 3 by oneself
  4. 4 without outside help
上手
shàng shǒu
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to master
  3. 3 overhand (serve etc)
  4. 4 seat of honor
下手
xià shǒu
  1. 1 to start
  2. 2 to put one's hand to
  3. 3 to set about
  4. 4 the seat to the right of the main guest
二手
èr shǒu
  1. 1 indirectly acquired
  2. 2 second-hand (information, equipment etc)
  3. 3 assistant
二手房
èr shǒu fáng
  1. 1 second-hand house
  2. 2 house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
人手
rén shǒu
  1. 1 manpower
  2. 2 staff
  3. 3 human hand
伸手
shēn shǒu
  1. 1 to reach out with one's hand
  2. 2 to hold out a hand
  3. 3 (fig.) to beg
  4. 4 to get involved
  5. 5 to meddle
凶手
xiōng shǒu
  1. 1 murderer
  2. 2 assassin
入手
rù shǒu
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 to set one's hand to
出手
chū shǒu
  1. 1 to dispose of
  2. 2 to spend (money)
  3. 3 to undertake a task
到手
dào shǒu
  1. 1 to take possession of
  2. 2 to get hold of
助手
zhù shǒu
  1. 1 assistant
  2. 2 helper
动手
dòng shǒu
  1. 1 to set about (a task)
  2. 2 to hit
  3. 3 to punch
  4. 4 to touch
右
yòu
  1. 1 right (-hand)
  2. 2 the Right (politics)
  3. 3 west (old)
右手
yòu shǒu
  1. 1 right hand
  2. 2 right-hand side

Idioms (20)

一手交钱，一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
  1. 1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
人有失手，马有失蹄
rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí
  1. 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
  3. 3 even the best fall down sometimes
伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 pitch-dark (idiom)
先下手为强
xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng
  1. 1 strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
  1. 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
大手大脚
dà shǒu dà jiǎo
  1. 1 extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful
  2. 2 wasteful
大处着眼，小处着手
dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu
  1. 1 think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
大显身手
dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) fully displaying one's capabilities
妙手回春
miào shǒu huí chūn
  1. 1 magical hands bring the dying back to life (idiom); miracle cure
  2. 2 brilliant doctor
宁左勿右
nìng zuǒ wù yòu
  1. 1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
左右两难
zuǒ yòu liǎng nán
  1. 1 dilemma
  2. 2 quandary
  3. 3 Scylla and Charybdis
  4. 4 between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. 3 to have everything going one's way
  4. 4 to benefit from both sides
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
  1. 1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. 3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. 4 to use both feet equally (football)
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
  1. 1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
  2. 2 to ponder
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
  1. 1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around

Sample Sentences

嗯，很好，来...右手手指不要一直把弓撑开，你只是轻松地托着弓，拉内弦的时候，无名指稍微压一下...对！很好。
ng4 ，hěn hǎo ，lái ...yòushǒu shǒuzhǐ bù yào yīzhí bǎ gōng chēng kāi ，nǐ zhǐ shì qīngsōng de tuō zhe gōng ，lā nèi xián de shíhou ，wúmíngzhǐ shāowēi yā yīxià ...duì ！hěn hǎo 。
Hmm, very good, come on... the finger on your right hand shouldn't keep holding the bow away. You just need to lightly support the bow. When you are playing the inner strings, your ring finger should press down a little more... yes! Very good.
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办公桌的右手边有一个小抽屉，上面有一把锁。对！就是这个抽屉！
bàngōngzhuō de yòushǒu biān yǒu yī gè xiǎo chōuti ，shàngmian yǒu yī bǎ suǒ 。duì ！jiùshì zhè ge chōuti ！
On the right-hand side of the desk was a small drawer with a lock on it. Yes! This was the drawer!
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那我帮你看手相吧。男左女右，给我看看右手。
nà wǒ bāng nǐ kàn shǒuxiàng ba 。nán zuǒ nǚ yòu ，gěi wǒ kàn kan yòushǒu 。
Then let me read your palms. The left is for men, the right is for women. Let me see your right hand.
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呵呵，都说得很好，不过不是C中央哦，是中央C。好，这一节课我们要来弹一下。请同学们打开琴盖。把你们右手的大拇指侧着，自然地放在中央C这个白键上。把其余四个手指头依次放在中央C右边的四个白键上。对，很好！
hēhē ，dōu shuō de hěn hǎo ，bùguò bùshì C zhōngyāng o ，shì Zhōngyāng C 。hǎo ，zhè yī jié kè wǒmen yào lái tán yīxià 。qǐng tóngxuémen dǎkāi qíngài 。bǎ nǐmen yòushǒu de dàmǔzhǐ cè zhe ，zìrán de fàng zài Zhōngyāng C zhè ge báijiàn shàng 。bǎ qíyú sì ge shǒuzhǐtou yīcì fàng zài Zhōngyāng C yòubiān de sì ge báijiàn shàng 。duì ，hěn hǎo ！
Heh-heh. Very good, but it's not C middle, it's middle C. Now, this class we're going to play for a little while. Would everyone please open up their key covers. Tilt your right-hand thumbs and naturally place them on the white, middle C key. Take your other 4 fingertips and place them in a row on the four white keys to the right of middle C.
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先是小敏，右手，蓝色。
xiān shì Xiǎomǐn ，yòushǒu ，lánsè 。
First is Xiao Min. Right hand, blue.
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右手，蓝色，好了！
yòushǒu ，lánsè ，hǎo le ！
Right hand, blue. Done!
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好，王东右手边第一个，赵月，你来发言。
hǎo ，Wáng Dōng yòushǒu biān dì yī ge ，Zhào Yuè ，nǐ lái fāyán 。
Okay. The first to the left of Wang Dong, Zhao Yue, make a statement.
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可是浩浩天生是左撇子，他用右手怎么会方便？
kěshì Hàohao tiānshēng shì zuǒpiězi ，tā yòng yòushǒu zénme huì fāngbiàn ？
But Haohao was born a lefty. How could using his right hand be convenient?
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大家都用右手，方便。
dàjiā dōu yòng yòushǒu ，fāngbiàn 。
Everyone uses their right hand. It’s convenient.
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老婆，浩浩要上学了，我们让他改用右手吧。
lǎopó ，Hàohao yào shàngxué le ，wǒmen ràng tā gǎi yòng yòushǒu ba 。
Honey, Haohao will be starting school soon. We should get him to start using his right hand.
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