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外科手术
wài kē shǒu shù



外科手术
surgery


Definitions

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surgery
     1. 手术
Components
wài
     1. out; outside; external
           (ant, zh, 裡, 內)
           窗 外 - outside a window
           外表 - outward appearance
     2. beyond; above; in addition to; other than; except
           此外 - in addition (to this)
           十 公里 外 - 10 km beyond (a place)
     3. other; foreign; alien (not of one's own family, clan, locality, school, country, etc.)
           外國 - foreign country
           外 校 - other schools
     4. foreign country
           中外 - China and foreign countries; in and outside of China
           對 外 貿易 - foreign trade
           漢---外 詞典 - Chinese dictionary in a foreign language
     5. , ref=Gongyangzhuan
     6. (literary) to alienate; to other; to exclude; to distance
           見外 - to make me feel like an outsider (literally, "to have me excluded from the familiar circle")
     7. relatives of one's mother, sister or daughter
           外婆 - maternal grandmother
           外孫 - daughter's son
           外祖父 - maternal grandfather
     8. additional
           外加 - plus
           外帶 - to include (something) as well
     9. unofficial
           外史 - unofficial history
           外號 - nickname
     10. (Hokkien, Teochew, after an amount but before the classifier) as much as
           二十 外 歲 - 20-something years old, MN
     1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of fol, t=to follow, tr=fo.
shǒu
     1. hand
     2. expert; master
           高手 - master
     3. -ist; -er
           歌手 - singer
     4. convenient; handy; portable
           手機 - mobile phone
           手冊 - handbook
     5. handwritten
     6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
     7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
     8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
     9. (finance)
     10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
     1. Simplified form of 術
     2. Simplified form of 朮
     3. Variant of 秫
shú
     1. Original form of 秫 (glutinous millet; sorghum)
     2. (Used in compounds such as 白朮, a type of herbal medicine.)
shú
     1. glutinous grain
     2.    (glutinous) sorghum
     3.    (literary) glutinous millet
     4.    (literary or Min) glutinous rice
shù
     1. (obsolete) street; avenue
     2. art; craft; skill; technique
           醫術 - the art of healing
           學術 - scholarship; academics
           美術 - fine arts
           技術 - technology
     3. method; tactics
           權術 - political manoeuvre
           心術 - scheme; plotting
     4. Short for 手術 (surgery,) (often used as suffix)
           碎石術 - lithotripsy
           輸精管.切除術 - vasectomy
     5. (zh-o) Alternative form of 述
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