リョウテ – Vocabulary details

リョウテ

Meanings

Noun

1. both hands; both arms

2. ten

from the number of fingers on both hands; used as secret jargon

Alt. forms

両りょう手て

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リョウテ

Pitch accent

リョ

ウテ

Composed of

リョウ

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

テ

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

リョウテニハナ

two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women

リョウテキキ

ambidexter; ambidexterity

リョウテナベ

pot with two handles

Examples (11 in total)

りょうてリョウテでつかんでいなさい。

Hold it with both hands.

りょうてリョウテを椅い子すに縛しばられました。

They tied my hands to the chair.

花か瓶びんはりょうてリョウテで持もちなさい。

Hold the vase in both hands.