A manicure is a treatment for the hands, especially the fingernails: cutting, shaping, cleaning, and often putting on polish. You can have one at a salon or do a simple one at home.

A manicure is a treatment for the hands, especially the fingernails: cutting, shaping, cleaning, and often putting on polishmanicure美甲／修手是一種手部的護理，尤其是指甲：修剪、修型、清潔，通常還會上指甲油。You can have one at a salon or do a simple one at home你可以到美甲店做，也可以在家裡簡單做一次。

The same word is also a verb: to manicure someone's nails.

The same word is also a verb同一個字也可以當動詞用: to manicure someone's nailsto manicure someone's nails幫某人修剪、整理指甲。

Though actually, people also say a lawn or a garden is “manicured” when it is cut very neatly — that is a picture borrowed from tidy nails, not a second kind of hand care.

Though actually不過其實, people also say a lawn or a garden is "manicured" when it is cut very neatly人們也會說一片草坪或一座花園被修剪得很整齊時是「manicured」 — that is a picture borrowed from tidy nails這個畫面是從整齊的指甲借來的比喻, not a second kind of hand care不是另一種手部護理。

The word came from French manucure, from Latin manus (hand) and cura (care), so it is about hands, not about men. In Taiwan the everyday hook is 美甲, which often includes gel and pictures on the nails — a bit more “looks” than the older English idea of simple care.

The word came from French manucure, from Latin manus (hand) and cura (care)這個字來自法文manucure，源頭是拉丁文的manus（手）和cura（照顧）, so it is about hands, not about men所以它講的是「手」，跟「男人（men）」沒有關係。In Taiwan the everyday hook is 美甲在台灣，日常說法是「美甲」, which often includes gel and pictures on the nails常常包含凝膠和指甲彩繪 — a bit more "looks" than the older English idea of simple care比起英文原本比較單純的照護概念，多了一點「好看」的成分。