双手 (shuāng shǒu) — both hands | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

both hands

Measure word · 双

Examples

双手。
Tā jǔ qǐ shuāng shǒu biǎo shì tóu xiáng.
He raised both hands in surrender.
双手。
Tā yòng shǒu pà cā le cā shuāng shǒu.
She wiped her hands with a handkerchief.
双手。
Qǐng yòng shuāng shǒu dì gěi wǒ nà běn shū.
Please hand me that book with both hands.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

双 means 'pair' or 'both' and 手 means 'hand', giving both hands.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

又又双

又又yòu
又又yòu

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

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