動手

See also: 动手

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (動手)		動	手
simp. (动手)		动	手
anagram		手動／手动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thûng-sú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tǎng-chhiú / tāng-chhiú / tōng-chhiú / tâng-chhiú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong⁶ ciu²

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dong⁵ shou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-shou³
    • Yale: dùng-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqshoou
    • Palladius: дуншоу (dunšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ sau²
    • Yale: duhng sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thûng-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung´ su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung¹ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ²⁴ su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎng-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tǎng-tshiú
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāng-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tāng-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxngchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /taŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tōng-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxngchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâng-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tâng-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dangchiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong⁶ ciu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŏng tshiú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dong⁵ shou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /tʊŋ²¹⁻¹¹ ʂəu̯⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /tən²¹⁻¹¹ səu̯⁴¹/

Verb

動手

1. to get started; to set about a task; to get to work
2. to touch (with the hand); to handle
3. to strike; to hit with the hands; to beat; to assault; to fight

Synonyms

• (to get started):

• 上手 (shàngshǒu)
• 下手 (xiàshǒu)
• 入手 (rùshǒu)
• 喐手
• 著手／着手 (zhuóshǒu)
• 落手 (lok⁶ sau²) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
• 起手 (qǐshǒu)

 

• (to touch): 觸摸／触摸 (chùmō)
• (to strike):

• 出手 (chūshǒu)
• 喐手
• 打人 (dǎrén)
• 打架 (dǎjià)
• 打鬥／打斗 (dǎdòu)
• 打鬧／打闹 (dǎnào) (to quarrel and fight)
• 歐擊／欧击 (ōujī) (formal)
• 毆打／殴打 (ōudǎ)
• 爭鬥／争斗 (zhēngdòu)
• 相打 (¹xian-tan) (Wu, literary, or Hakka)