三隻手

Chinese

		three	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (三隻手)		三	隻	手
simp. (三只手)		三	只	手
Literally: “[person with] three hands”.

Etymology

Derived from 掱 in 掱手 (páshǒu), which is the original form of 扒手 (páshǒu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sānzhīshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄓ ㄕㄡˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): san¹ zi¹ sou³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ zek³ sau²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹se-tsaq-seu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): san¹ zha⁶ shou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānzhīshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄓ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanjhihshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-chih¹-shou³
    • Yale: sān-jr̄-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanjyshoou
    • Palladius: саньчжишоу (sanʹčžišou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānzhīshǒur
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄓ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanjhihshǒur
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-chih¹-shou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: sān-jr̄-shǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanjyshooul
    • Palladius: саньчжишоур (sanʹčžišour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: san¹ zi¹ sou³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sanzsou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /san⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ səu⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ zek³ sau²
    • Yale: sāam jek sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ dzek⁸ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ zég³ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹se-tsaq-seu
    • MiniDict: se^平 tsah seu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se-tsaq-seu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ t͡saʔ³³ sɤ²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: san¹ zha⁶ shou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /san³³ ʈ͡ʂa̠²⁴ ʂəu̯⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /san³³ t͡sa̠²⁴ səu̯⁴¹/

Noun

三隻手

1. (colloquial) pickpocket

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 扒手 (“pickpocket”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		扒手
Mandarin	Beijing	鑷子把兒
	Taiwan	扒手
	Harbin	三隻手
	Yantai (Muping)	三隻手兒
	Jinan	扒手
	Luoyang	扒手
	Wanrong	三隻手
	Yinchuan	三隻手
	Wuhan	三隻手, 剾包的, 剾巴手
	Chengdu	扒手, 摸跟兒, 三隻手
	Liuzhou	扒手, 三隻手, 三隻眼
	Xuzhou	三隻手, 倆夾兒, 賆家子 dated
	Yangzhou	扒兒手, 三隻手
	Nanjing	扒兒手
	Singapore	扒手
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	溜娃子, 溜娃兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	三隻手, 扒手, 插手, 荷包友, 荷包仔
	Hong Kong	三隻手, 扒手, 文雀, 老插 dated
	Taishan	插手
	Dongguan	扒仔, 三隻手
Gan	Nanchang	扒子手
	Lichuan	扒子手
	Pingxiang	三隻手
Hakka	Meixian	撮仔, 爛仔, 撮仔賊
	Yudu	扒手, 拉手
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	剪綹仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	剪綹仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	剪綹仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	剪綹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	剪綹仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	落子
Huizhou	Jixi	三隻手
Jin	Xinzhou	三隻手
Northern Min	Jian'ou	馬仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	街扒
Southern Min	Xiamen	三肢手, 剪綹仔, 剪綹
	Quanzhou	三肢手, 剪綹
	Jinjiang	佬仔
	Zhangzhou	剪綹仔, 剪綹
	Zhao'an	鉸仔
	Taipei	剪綹仔, 飛鼠 GT
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	剪綹
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	剪綹仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	剪綹仔
	Kaohsiung	剪綹仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	剪綹仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	剪綹仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	剪綹仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	剪綹仔
	Yilan	剪綹仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	剪綹仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	剪綹仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	剪綹
	Taichung	剪綹仔
	Tainan	剪綹仔, 三肢手
	Tainan (Anping)	剪綹仔
	Hsinchu	剪綹仔
	Kinmen	剪綹仔
	Penghu (Magong)	剪綹仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍沙包, 必搏結
	Shantou	扒龜囝, 扒囝
	Jieyang	扒龜囝
	Leizhou	插手
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	扒手, 三隻手
Wu	Shanghai	扒兒手, 三隻手, 扒手, 鉗工, 戳兒手
	Suzhou	扒兒手, 三隻手
	Danyang	扒兒手, 三隻手, 扒耳手
	Hangzhou	扒兒手, 三隻手
	Ningbo	三隻手
	Wenzhou	三隻手
	Jinhua	三隻手, 腰弄
Xiang	Changsha	扒手, 三隻手
	Loudi	扒子手, 三隻手