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Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.

Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

猎手liè shǒu

hunter

新手xīn shǒu

new hand / novice / raw recruit

指手画脚zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo

to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily

打手dǎ shou

hired thug

副手fù shǒu

assistant

黑手hēi shǒu

(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer

鼓手gǔ shǒu

drummer

联手lián shǒu

lit. to join hands / to act together

一手yī shǒu

a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help

入手rù shǒu

to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从[cóng] + {noun} + 入手[rù shǒu]: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point") / to receive / to obtain / to buy

手提包shǒu tí bāo

(hand)bag / hold-all

手杖shǒu zhàng

cane / CL:把[bǎ]

手雷shǒu léi

grenade

手术台shǒu shù tái

operating table

手软shǒu ruǎn

to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice

手无寸铁shǒu wú cùn tiě

lit. not an inch of steel (idiom) / unarmed and defenseless

手肘shǒu zhǒu

elbow

手气shǒu qì

luck (in gambling)

手电shǒu diàn

flashlight / torch

手印shǒu yìn

handprint / fingerprint / thumbprint

手边shǒu biān

on hand / at hand

手语shǒu yǔ

sign language

手提shǒu tí

portable

手足无措shǒu zú wú cuò

at a loss to know what to do (idiom) / bewildered

手柄shǒu bǐng

handle / video game controller

手心shǒu xīn

palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)

手纸shǒu zhǐ

toilet paper

手巾shǒu jīn

hand towel / handkerchief

手背shǒu bèi

back of the hand

手忙脚乱shǒu máng jiǎo luàn

(idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner / flustered

手感shǒu gǎn

the feel (of sth touched with the hand) / (textiles) handle

手足shǒu zú

hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices

手舞足蹈shǒu wǔ zú dǎo

lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs

手绢shǒu juàn

handkerchief / CL:張|张[zhāng],塊|块[kuài]

手风琴shǒu fēng qín

accordion

手掌心shǒu zhǎng xīn

see 手心[shǒu xīn]

手拉手shǒu lā shǒu

to join hands / hand in hand

手笔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

手把手shǒu bǎ shǒu

(of instruction) step-by-step / hands-on

手续费shǒu xù fèi

service charge / processing fee / commission

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