Traditional: 手裡
手里 (shǒu lǐ) means “in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands”. It is an HSK 4 Chinese word (traditional 手裡) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
他手里拿着一本书。
Tā shǒulǐ ná zhe yī běn shū.
He's holding a book in his hand.
Updated: 2026-07-18