手艺 shǒuyì▶ oficio; artesanía

Stroke order

手艺 is written in 8 strokes across 2 characters.

• 手 — 4 strokes
• 艺 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. craftmanship
2. workmanship
3. handicraft
4. trade

Related words

• 凶手Asesino
• 动手Bricolaje
• 助手asistente
• 手势gesto
• 手法técnica
• 把手pomo; perilla

手艺 is pronounced shǒuyì and means “oficio; artesanía”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 手艺 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.