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经手 (jīng shǒu) — to handle (a task or matter) personally, to deal with

Definition

Means 'to handle / to pass through someone's hands' — emphasizes personal involvement in a transaction, document, or matter, often with a sense of being one of several people who touched it.

verb
to handle (a task or matter) personallyto deal with

Examples

  • 经手，。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù tā jīng shǒu guò, nǐ kě yǐ wèn tā.
    He handled this project; you can ask him.
  • 。
    Nà bǐ zī jīn jīng le hǎo jǐ gè rén de shǒu cái dào zhàng.
    That sum of money went through several people's hands before it was credited.
  • 经手。
    Tā jīng shǒu le hěn duō zhòng yào de wén jiàn.
    He handled a lot of important documents.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

经jīngpass through
手shǒuhand

经手 joins 经 (pass through) and 手 (hand) to mean doing something by one's own hands.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 經; 经 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mìsilk; thread
Sound part声符shēngfú
巠
巠jīng經jīng
Same sound today

The traditional form 經 combines 糹 (silk; thread) with 巠, which gives the sound.

Open 经 →

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.

Open 手 →
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Workplace & Office

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