HSK 6 · Ideas

手法 shǒufǎ “technique” in Chinese

Said as shóufǎ

Same in Traditional

What 手法 means

  1. technique
  2. method
  3. trick
  4. skill

How to say 手法

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale手shǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale法fǎ3rd tone, dipping

Said as shóufǎ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

手法 in a sentence

  1. 这位画家的手法很特别。

    Zhè wèi huàjiā de shǒufǎ hěn tèbié.

    This painter has a very distinctive technique.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这部小说用了倒叙的手法。

    Zhè bù xiǎoshuō yòng le dàoxù de shǒufǎ.

    This novel uses flashbacks.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 手法 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 手 (shǒu) drawn as one shape
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.

The character 法 (fǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
法fǎlaw
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 去to go away · qù

Memory aidTraditionally explained as water 氵, which always lies level and so is fair, with 去 (qù) “to remove”, driving the guilty away: law, method.

How to write 手法

手 4 strokes · 法 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

手法 (shǒufǎ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 手法 (shǒufǎ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 手法

Words with 手

手shǒu · hand手表shǒubiǎo · watch手机shǒujī · mobile phone洗手间xǐshǒujiān · toilet分手fēnshǒu · to break up手术shǒushù · (surgical) operation手指shǒuzhǐ · finger手套shǒutào · glove对手duìshǒu · opponent握手wòshǒu · to shake hands

Words with 法

办法bànfǎ · method法fǎ · law看法kànfǎ · way of looking at a thing语法yǔfǎ · grammar法律fǎlǜ · law方法fāngfǎ · method无法wúfǎ · to be unable to合法héfǎ · lawful法院fǎyuàn · court of law法人fǎrén · legal entity

More words: Ideas & Concepts

失误shīwù · mistake事项shìxiàng · matter视野shìyě · field of vision实质shízhì · substance思维sīwéi · thinking俗话súhuà · common saying素质sùzhì · quality特长tècháng · strength

FAQs

手法 (shǒufǎ) means “technique” or “method”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shǒufǎ: shǒu with a 3rd tone, then fǎ with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like shóufǎ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 手法 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shoufa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 手法 from the suggestions. Typing shoufa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
手法 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.