起手 [－－]

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Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    指做​事情​剛剛​開​始​嘅​狀​態
    to begin; to start
    • 讀書難在起手
      读书难在起手
      Studying is hard at the beginning.
    • 玩樂器唔難，只要你識點起手就得啦。
      玩乐器唔难，只要你识点起手就得啦。
      It is not hard to play musical instrument, only when you know how to begin.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Hokkien, Mandarin, Singapore, dialectal
    to raise one's hand
  2. verb
    to start armed struggle; to rise in rebellion
    (syn.) 叛變, 举事, 舉義, 起兵, 譁變, 發難, 悖乱, 起事, 发难, 反亂, 反抗, 乱逆, 亂逆, 叛亂, 举义, 暴乱, 起义, 逆亂, 反水, 悖亂, 暴动, 逆乱, 哗变, 叛乱, 反叛, 暴動, 造反, 兵变, 动乱, 兵變, 舉事, 叛变, 起義, 暴亂, 反天, 首義, 暴狱, 暴獄, 反乱, 首义, 動亂
  3. verb
    to put one's hand to; to set about
  4. verb, Cantonese, Min-Dong
    to begin; to start
    (syn.) 发轫, 肇始, 发端, 發軔, 起头, 伊始, 開始, 起頭, 萌, 開首, 發端, 權輿, 开始, 肇端, 开首, 起始, 权舆
  5. adv
    at first; initially; in the beginning; originally
    (syn.) 上頭仔, 原來, 旧底, 就跟儿, 当初, 就跟兒, 本則來, 劈頭, 原本, 本來, 一開始, 本来, 起初, 劈头, 始初, 原本榻里, 本底子, 一插手兒, 先頭, 寝头, 开先, 原初, 頭仔, 一插手儿, 寢頭, 本然, 头起先, 本则来, 原本榻裡, 本底, 原先, 本成, 頭頭, 自本, 初初, 原来, 當初時, 最初, 上头仔, 起頭, 先头, 一开始, 乍出猛兒, 当初时, 開先, 早先, 起首, 乍出猛儿, 當初, 起头, 原底, 开初, 原旦, 头仔, 頭起先, 本生, 舊底, 先前, 開初, 在本, 起先

起手 [－－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to set about (doing sth)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    举起手来！
    舉起手來！
    jǔ qǐ shǒu lái ！
    • Put your hands up!
    • Hands up!
  2. Mandarin
    裁判根据有利原则，举起手示意继续进攻。
    裁判根據有利原則，舉起手示意繼續進攻。
    cái pàn gēn jù yǒu lì yuán zé ， jǔ qǐ shǒu shì yì jì xù jìn gōng 。
    • The referee, according to principle of advantage, raised his hand and motioned for the advance to continue.
  3. Mandarin
    我举起手拦出租车。
    我舉起手攔出租車。
    wǒ jǔ qǐ shǒu lán chū zū chē 。
    • I held up my hand to stop a taxi.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    趷起手指公
    趷起手指公
    • to raise up the thumb
  2. Cantonese
    读书难在起手
    讀書難在起手
    • Studying is hard at the beginning.
  3. Cantonese
    玩乐器唔难，只要你识点起手就得啦。
    玩樂器唔難，只要你識點起手就得啦。
    • It is not hard to play musical instrument, only when you know how to begin.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    举起手中的酒杯
    舉起手中的酒杯
    jǔ qǐ shǒu zhōng de jiǔ bēi
    • to raise the glass one one's hand
  2. Mandarin
    长桌前，职工们排着队，将一张张大红福贴轻轻拿起，等待笔墨迹干的同时，拿起手机和“福”字来一张自拍。
    長桌前，職工們排着隊，將一張張大紅福貼輕輕拿起，等待筆墨跡乾的同時，拿起手機和“福”字來一張自拍。
    cháng zhuō qián ， zhí gōng men pái zhe duì ， jiāng yī zhāng zhāng dà hóng fú tiē qīng qīng ná qǐ ， děng dài bǐ mò jì qián de tóng shí ， ná qǐ shǒu jī hé “ fú ” zì lái yī zhāng zì pāi ．
    • In front of the long table, the staff lined up, gently lifting up big red sheets of fu one by one. While waiting for the ink to dry, they took their phones to take a selfie with the character fu.