Sentence #13579998 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 手工 is built
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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.
工gōngwork
一one · yī
丄above · shàng
Memory aidDrawn from a builder’s tool: work.
How to write 手工
手 4 strokes · 工 3 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 手工 (shǒugōng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
手工 (shǒugōng) means “handmade” or “by hand”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shǒugōng: shǒu with a 3rd tone, then gōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 手工 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shougong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 手工 from the suggestions. Typing shougong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
手工 is an HSK 5 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.
手shǒu3rd tone, dipping
工gōng1st tone, high and level
