手腕 meaning in English

shǒuwàn

wrist; trickery

HSK 7-9noun16 strokes

Meaning of 手腕

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shǒuwàn
  1. wrist
  2. trickery
  3. finesse
  4. ability
  5. skill

手腕 in example sentences

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

那nà个ge男nán人rén抓zhuā住zhù了le这zhè个ge年nián轻qīng女nǚ孩hái的de手shǒu腕wàn。
That man grabbed the young girl's wrist.
汤tāng姆mǔ扭niǔ伤shāng了le手shǒu腕wàn。
Tom sprained his wrist.
他tā们men手shǒu腕wàn骨gǔ折zhé了le。
They fractured their wrists.

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

腕 wàn · wrist · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

Related words

Words that share a character with 手腕.

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 手腕

What does 手腕 mean?

手腕 (shǒuwàn) means "wrist; trickery" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 手腕?

手腕 is made of 2 characters: 手 (4 strokes), 腕 (12 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 手腕 an HSK word?

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