手脚 meaning in English

shǒujiǎo

hand and foot; movement of limbs

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 手腳15 strokes

Meaning of 手脚

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shǒujiǎo
  1. hand and foot
  2. movement of limbs
  3. action
  4. trick
  5. step in a procedure (CL:道[dao4])

手脚 in example sentences

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

你nǐ可kě以yǐ看kàn,可kě以yǐ听tīng,但dàn手shǒu脚jiǎo不bú要yào乱luàn动dòng。
Hear and see and be still.
他tā撞zhuàng车chē是shì因yīn为wèi有yǒu人rén在zài刹shā车chē上shàng做zuò了le手shǒu脚jiǎo。
He crashed his car because someone tampered with the brakes.

Stroke order for each character

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

手 shǒu · hand · 4 strokes

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

脚 jiǎo · foot · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 手脚.

手机shǒujīcell phone; mobile phone
洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet; lavatory
手表shǒubiǎowristwatch
举手jǔshǒuto raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal)
手指shǒuzhǐfinger
对手duìshǒuopponent; rival
选手xuǎnshǒuathlete; contestant
歌手gēshǒusinger
握手wòshǒuto shake hands
手续shǒuxùprocedure; formalities
分手fēnshǒuto part company; to split up
手术shǒushù(surgical) operation; surgery

Questions about 手脚

What does 手脚 mean?

手脚 (shǒujiǎo) means "hand and foot; movement of limbs" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 手脚?

手脚 is made of 2 characters: 手 (4 strokes), 脚 (11 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 手脚 an HSK word?

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

How is 手脚 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 手脚 is written 手腳.