手艺 (shǒuyì) means Craftsmanship (skill). Below are 8 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
他跟父亲学了一门 手艺 。
Tā gēn fùqīn xué le yì mén shǒuyì.
He learned a craft from his father.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 手艺
老师傅的 手艺 没人比得上。
Lǎo shīfu de shǒuyì méi rén bǐ de shàng.
Nobody can match the old master's craftsmanship.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 手艺
这门 手艺 世代相传。
Zhè mén shǒuyì shìdài xiāngchuán.
This craft has been handed down for generations.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 世代
他继承了父亲的 手艺 。
Tā jìchéng le fùqīn de shǒuyì.
He inherited his father's craft.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 继承
街角那位裁缝 手艺 很好。
Jiējiǎo nà wèi cáifeng shǒuyì hěn hǎo.
The tailor on the corner is very skilled.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 裁缝
老师傅把 手艺 传授给了徒弟。
Lǎo shīfu bǎ shǒuyì chuánshòu gěi le túdì.
The old master passed his craft on to his apprentice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 传授
要精通一门 手艺 需要很多年。
Yào jīngtōng yì mén shǒuyì xūyào hěn duō nián.
Mastering a craft takes many years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 精通
精益求精是这门 手艺 的传统。
Jīng yì qiú jīng shì zhè mén shǒuyì de chuántǒng.
Constantly striving for better is the tradition of this craft.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 精益求精
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Questions about 手艺
How is 手艺 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 手艺 (shǒuyì, "Craftsmanship (skill)"), 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 手艺 an HSK word?
Yes — 手艺 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 手艺?
The dictionary page for 手艺 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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