一手 meaning in English

yīshǒu

a skill; mastery of a trade

HSK 7-9nounadverb5 strokes

Meaning of 一手

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yīshǒu
  1. a skill
  2. mastery of a trade
  3. by oneself
  4. without outside help

一手 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā写xiě得de一yī手shǒu好hǎo字zì。
He writes Chinese characters very well.
给gěi我wǒ们men弹dàn一yī手shǒu。
Play us a tune.
她tā写xiě了le一yī手shǒu漂piào亮liàng的de好hǎo字zì。
She writes a very good hand.
我wǒ爸bà爸bà能néng做zuò一yī手shǒu好hǎo菜cài,我wǒ很hěn自zì豪háo。
I'm proud that my father is a good cook.
在zài泰tài国guó,照zhào顾gù子zǐ女nǚ不bú是shì父fù亲qīn的de责zé任rèn,而ér是shì由yóu母mǔ亲qīn一yī手shǒu包bāo办bàn的de。
In Thailand, bringing up the children isn't the father's responsibility; it's entirely up to the mother.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

一 yī · one · 1 strokes

  1. 1

手 shǒu · hand · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 一手.

一起yīqǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一样yīyàngsame; like
一些yīxiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
手机shǒujīcell phone; mobile phone
一会儿yīhuìra moment; a while
一半yībànhalf
一边yībiānone side; either side
洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet; lavatory
一点儿yīdiǎnrerhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3]
一块儿yīkuàirerhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4]
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
有一些yǒuyīxiēsomewhat; rather

Questions about 一手

What does 一手 mean?

一手 (yīshǒu) means "a skill; mastery of a trade" and is used as a noun and adverb.

How do you write 一手?

一手 is made of 2 characters: 一 (1 strokes), 手 (4 strokes). That is 5 strokes in total.

Is 一手 an HSK word?

Yes. 一手 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.