手欠

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
simp. and trad. (手欠)		手	欠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuqiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuqiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuciàn
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chʻien⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouchiann
    • Palladius: шоуцянь (šoucjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Adjective

手欠

1. (colloquial) having a habitually overactive pair of hands which often touch and play with things at inappropriate times, and accidentally break them or otherwise cause trouble

   • 昨天手機提示更新，我一時手欠，導致了手機恢復系統，數據全部丟失。 [MSC, trad.]
     昨天手机提示更新，我一时手欠，导致了手机恢复系统，数据全部丢失。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, 世间可能没有那么多的久别重逢

     Zuótiān shǒujī tíshì gēngxīn, wǒ yīshí shǒuqiàn, dǎozhì le shǒujī huīfù xìtǒng, shùjù quánbù diūshī. [Pinyin]

     My hands were playing up when I saw the reminder of updates on my phone yesterday. So my phone has now been rebooted, and all the data was lost.

   • 你這孩子真手欠，你看你這麼一鼓搗，鐘不走了不是？ [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     你这孩子真手欠，你看你这么一鼓捣，钟不走了不是？ [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: Comprehensive Dictionary of Chinese Dialects (漢語方言大詞典)

     Nǐ zhè háizi zhēn shǒuqiàn, nǐ kàn nǐ zhème yī gǔdao, zhōng bù zǒu le bùshì? [Pinyin]

     You are such a troublemaker (who's got a pair of misbehaving hands)! The clock is now broken after you played with it.

Synonyms

• 手賤／手贱 (shǒujiàn)
• (Cantonese) 多手, 手多

See also

• 嘴欠 (zuǐqiàn, “having a misbehaving mouth”)