手工 (shǒugōng) means Hand made (manual). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这条围巾是 手工 做的。
Zhè tiáo wéijīn shì shǒugōng zuò de.
This scarf is handmade.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 手工
孩子们喜欢上 手工 课。
Háizimen xǐhuan shàng shǒugōng kè.
The children like handicraft class.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 手工
这些工艺品都是 手工 做的。
Zhèxiē gōngyìpǐn dōu shì shǒugōng zuò de.
These handicrafts are all made by hand.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 工艺品
这件旗袍是老裁缝 手工 做的。
Zhè jiàn qípáo shì lǎo cáifeng shǒugōng zuò de.
This qipao was made by hand by an old tailor.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 裁缝
他致力于传统 手工 艺的复兴。
Tā zhìlì yú chuántǒng shǒugōngyì de fùxīng.
He is devoted to the revival of traditional handicrafts.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 复兴
振兴传统 手工 艺需要年轻人。
Zhènxīng chuántǒng shǒugōngyì xūyào niánqīngrén.
Reviving traditional crafts needs young people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 振兴
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Questions about 手工
How is 手工 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 手工 (shǒugōng, "Hand made (manual)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 手工 an HSK word?
Yes — 手工 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 手工?
The dictionary page for 手工 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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