拱手

拱

gǒng

手

shǒu

to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting / (fig.) submissive

Characters and words in 拱手

拱

gǒng = gu + (e)ng3

to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched

手

shǒu = sh + ou3

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Words with 拱手

拱

go̅ng

手

shǒu

相

xia̅ng

让

讓

ràng

to bow and give way (idiom) / to surrender sth readily

拱

gǒng

手

shǒu

旁

páng

观

觀

gua̅n

to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)

Sentences with 拱手

拱手 currently does not appear in any sentence.