手表

Character by character

• 手shǒu4 strokesHSK 1hand
• 表biǎo8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 錶show, express, manifest, display

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 手表. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 手shǒuHSK 1

  hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill

• 表现biǎo xiànHSK 3

  to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior

• 代表dài biǎoHSK 3

  representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of

• 表示biǎo shì

  to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean

• 手机shǒu jīHSK 1

  cell phone; mobile phone

• 选手xuǎn shǒuHSK 3

  athlete; contestant

• 手术shǒu shùHSK 4

  (surgical) operation; surgery

• 表演biǎo yǎnHSK 3

  play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate

• 表biǎoHSK 2

  exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth)

• 对手duì shǒuHSK 3

  opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match

• 表达biǎo dáHSK 3

  to express; to convey

• 手里shǒu lǐHSK 4

  in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands

• 表明biǎo míngHSK 3

  to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known

• 发表fā biǎoHSK 3

  to issue; to publish

• 表情biǎo qíngHSK 4

  (facial) expression; to express one's feelings

• 手段shǒu duànHSK 5

  method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick

• 分手fēn shǒuHSK 4

  to part company; to split up; to break up

• 表面biǎo miànHSK 3

  surface; face; outside; appearance

• 歌手gē shǒuHSK 3

  singer

• 手指shǒu zhǐHSK 3

  finger

• 动手dòng shǒuHSK 5

  to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch

• 双手shuāng shǒuHSK 5

  both hands

• 杀手shā shǒuHSK 7

  killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player

• 高手gāo shǒuHSK 6

  expert; past master; dab hand