Chinese symbol for “skills”
两手
liǎng shǒu
Traditional: 兩手
one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills
The closest CC-CEDICT match for skills is 两手 (liǎng shǒu), defined as: one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 两手.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 两岸 (兩岸) | liǎng àn | bilateral; both shores |
| 两者 (兩者) | liǎng zhě | both of them; the two of them |
| 两侧 (兩側) | liǎng cè | two sides; both sides |
| 两边 (兩邊) | liǎng biān | either side; both sides |
| 两面 (兩面) | liǎng miàn | both sides |
| 两倍 (兩倍) | liǎng bèi | twice as much; double the amount |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.