手 shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
手头
shǒutóu
resources at hand; on hand
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 项目虽然通过了审批，但我们手头的现金流不足以立即开工。 Xiàngmù suīrán tōngguò le shěnpī, dàn wǒmen shǒutóu de xiànjīnliú bùzú yǐ lìjí kāigōng. Although the project has been approved, the cash flow we have on hand is not enough to start work immediately.
- 他最近手头有点紧，暂时买不起新车。 Tā zuìjìn shǒutóu yǒudiǎn jǐn, zànshí mǎibùqǐ xīn chē. Money is a bit tight for him lately, so he cannot afford a new car for now.
- 你手头有零钱吗？我想买瓶水。 Nǐ shǒutóu yǒu língqián ma? Wǒ xiǎng mǎi píng shuǐ. Do you have any change on you? I want to buy a bottle of water.