上手
shàng shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

上手
 - 
shàng shǒu
  1. to obtain
  2. to master
  3. overhand (serve etc)
  4. seat of honor

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
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 classifier: 双 shuāng
  9. 9 classifier: 只 zhī
手机
shǒu jī
  1. 1 cell phone
  2. 2 mobile phone
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 支 zhī

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
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
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child

Sample Sentences

你觉得你要花多久时间才能上手业务类的工作。
nǐ juéde nǐ yào huā duō jiǔ shíjiān cáinéng shàngshǒu yèwù lèi de gōngzuò 。
How much time do you think you'd need to get to grips with a sales job?
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我学东西学得很快，虽然没真正做过业务类的工作，但我现在的职务也常需要跟业务合作，所以我应该很快能上手，这不成问题。
wǒ xué dōngxi xué de hěnkuài ，suīrán méi zhēnzhèng zuò guò yèwù lèi de gōngzuò ，dàn wǒ xiàn zài de zhíwù yě cháng xūyào gēn yèwù to collaborate ，suǒyǐ wǒ yīnggāi hěnkuài néng shàngshǒu ，zhè bù chéng wèntí 。
I learn very fast. Although I've not actually done sales work, I often have to work with sales as part of my current job, so I think I could get to grips with it quite quickly, so it's not a problem.
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嗯，上手挺顺利的。完全进入状态的话，可能不会花太长的时间。
ng4 ，shàngshǒu tǐng shùnlì de 。wánquán jìnrù zhuàngtài dehuà ，kěnéng bù huì huā tài cháng de shíjiān 。
Yeah, it’s been pretty easy to get the hang of it. Getting to know it inside and out probably won’t take too much time either.
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现在很多企业要求求职者具备迅速上手的工作能力，看重经验以提高企业的经济效益。
xiànzài hěn duō qǐyè yāoqiú qiúzhízhě jùbèi xùnsù shàngshǒu de gōngzuò nénglì ，kànzhòng jīngyàn yǐ tígāo qǐyè de jīngjì xiàoyì 。
Now many businesses are requiring applicants to possess the ability to master new work rapidly and they value experience in order to increase the economic returns of the business.
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陈指导，我都了解了，不用重复了。我摩托和毛驴都骑过，上手很快的。
Chén zhǐdǎo ，wǒ dōu liǎojiě le ，bùyòng chóngfù le 。wǒ mótuō hé máolǘ dōu qí guo ，shàngshǒu hěn kuài de 。
Mr. Chen, I completely understand. You don't have to go over it again. I've ridden a motorcycle and a donkey before. I got the hang of it right away.
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小赵，你来公司有几个月了，工作都上手了吧？
Xiǎo Zhào ，nǐ lái gōngsī yǒu jǐ ge yuè le ，gōngzuò dōu shàngshǒu le ba ？
Xiao Zhao, you've been at the company for a few months. You're probably getting pretty good at your job, huh?
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