手语 (手語)
shǒu yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

手语 (手語)
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shǒu yǔ
  1. sign language

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]
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
一手
yī shǒu
  1. 1 a skill
  2. 2 mastery of a trade
  3. 3 by oneself
  4. 4 without outside help

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)
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

Sample Sentences

我在学手语。
wǒ zài xué shǒuyǔ 。
I'm studying sign language.
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我想做志愿者。不会手语的话，没办法跟聋哑人交流。
wǒ xiǎng zuò zhìyuànzhě 。bùhuì shǒuyǔ dehuà ，méi bànfǎ gēn lóngyǎrén jiāoliú 。
I want to be a volunteer. If I don't know sign language, I can't communicate with deaf people.
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怎么突然开始学手语了？
zěnme tūrán kāishǐ xué shǒuyǔ le ？
What made you suddenly start studying sign language?
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不是。每个国家都有不同的手语。
bùshì 。měige guójiā dōu yǒu bùtóng de shǒuyǔ 。
No. Every country has its own sign language.
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你真有爱心。手语是全世界通用的吧？
nǐ zhēn yǒu àixīn 。shǒuyǔ shì quánshìjiè tōngyòng de ba ？
You're really kind. Is sign language used the same all over the world?
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哦，那中国各地的手语一样吗？
ò ，nà Zhōngguó gèdì de shǒuyǔ yīyàng ma ？
Oh. Is the sign language in different parts of China all the same then?
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我先学中国手语，再学一点儿地方手语。
wǒ xiān xué Zhōngguó shǒuyǔ ，zài xué yīdiǎnr dìfang shǒuyǔ 。
I'm studying Chinese sign language first and then I'll study a little of the regional sign languages.
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