Sentence #13254414 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 拿手 is built
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拿náto hold
合to combine · gěSound part
手hand · shǒuMeaning part
手 hints at the meaning (hand); 合 (gě) hints at the sound. Compare it with ná.
手shǒuhand
手 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from a hand with its fingers spread. On the left of a character it is written 扌.
How to write 拿手
拿 10 strokes · 手 4 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 拿手 (náshǒu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
拿手 (náshǒu) means “good at” or “adept at”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it náshǒu: ná with a 2nd tone, then shǒu with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 拿手 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nashou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 拿手 from the suggestions. Typing nashou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
拿手 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
拿ná2nd tone, rising
手shǒu3rd tone, dipping
