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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 手脚

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
手脚 shǒu jiǎo - hand and foot
- movement of limbs
- action
- trick
- step in a procedure (CL:道[dao4])

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 5,666 8,101 5,787

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
jiǎo- foot
- leg (of an animal or an object)
- base (of an object)
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- classifier for kicks
jué- role (variant of 角[jue2])

Other Words Containing 手脚

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
手脚 - 7 5,666 8,101 5,787
做手脚 - - 21,926 52,395 64,681