手摇 (shǒu yáo) — (attributive) hand-operated, hand-cranked

Definition

adjective
(attributive) hand-operatedhand-cranked

Examples

  • 手摇。
    Zhè ge shǒu yáo fēng shàn hěn fāng biàn.
    This hand-cranked fan is very convenient.
  • 手摇。
    Jiào shì lǐ yǒu shǒu yáo juǎn bǐ dāo.
    There is a hand-cranked pencil sharpener in the classroom.
  • 手摇。
    Yé ye hái zài yòng shǒu yáo diàn huà.
    Grandpa still uses a hand-crank telephone.

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.

手shǒuhand
摇yáoturn

“手” says by hand and “摇” says turn, together meaning hand-operated.

Characters in this word

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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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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