下手

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[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term

[edit] Adjectival noun

下手 (な-na declension, hiragana へた, romaji heta)

  1. unskilled, bad at, poor at, weak at, incompetent

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[edit] Noun

下手 (hiragana へた, romaji heta)

  1. lack of skill

下手 (hiragana したて, romaji shitate)

  1. the lower part

[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

[edit] Noun

下手 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xiàshǒu)

  1. a seat of lower priority or less honour which faces towards the door, often referred to as a "right-hand seat"
  2. the player whose turn is next
  3. (colloquial) assistant; aide
    需要旁邊打下手。 (trad.)
    需要旁边打下手。 (simp.)
    I need someone by my side to help me.

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[edit] Verb

下手 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xiàshǒu)

  1. (literary) to do; to take action; to go about something
    知道如何下手
    I don't know how to go about it.
  2. to commit a crime

[edit] References

  • "下手" (in Mandarin). Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-02-07.
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