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Chinese Vocabulary

手

hand

手
shǒu3rd tone
Pinyin
shǒu
Strokes
4
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 手

手 is written with 4 strokes. The animation replays automatically.

Usage

他们没有大东西，就用手 = they had nothing big, so they used their hands.

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手 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed — each with the full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.

A Magnitude 7.4 Quake Flattened Western Colombia. Under the Rubble, a Trapped Man Said: 'I'm With a Baby.'手 spoken at natural speedbeginner
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