# 黑手 (hēishǒu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 黑手 (hēishǒu) means “evil backstage manipulator; hidden hand”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: evil backstage manipulator; hidden hand
- Pinyin: hēishǒu (hei1 shou3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 警方抓住了幕后的黑手。
  Jǐngfāng zhuāzhùle mùhòu de hēishǒu.
  Police caught the manipulator behind the scenes.

## Characters

- [黑](https://hanziro.com/word/hei-black/) (hēi): black
- [手](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-hand/) (shǒu): hand

https://hanziro.com/word/hei-shou-evil-backstage-manipulator/

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