動手動腳

See also: 动手动脚

Chinese

	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	hand; convenient; ‑er	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	role; foot; base
trad. (動手動腳)	動	手	動	腳
simp. (动手动脚)	动	手	动	脚
Literally: “to move one's hands and feet”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngshǒudòngjiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ sau² dung⁶ goek³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thûng-sú-thûng-kiok

(Meixian, Guangdong): tung⁴ su³ tung⁴ giog⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāng-chhiú-tāng-kha
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶don-seu-don-ciaq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòngshǒudòngjiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòngshǒudòngjiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tung⁴-shou³-tung⁴-chiao³
  - Yale: dùng-shǒu-dùng-jyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqshooudonqjeau
  - Palladius: дуншоудунцзяо (dunšoudunczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung⁶ sau² dung⁶ goek³
  - Yale: duhng sáu duhng geuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ sau² dung⁶ goek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ seo² dung⁶ gêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² sɐu̯³⁵ tʊŋ²² kœːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thûng-sú-thûng-kiok
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung´ su` tung´ giog`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung¹ su³ tung¹ giog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ²⁴ su³¹ tʰuŋ²⁴ ki̯ok̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tung⁴ su³ tung⁴ giog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰʊŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ su³¹ tʰʊŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kiɔk̚¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāng-chhiú-tāng-kha
  - Tâi-lô: tāng-tshiú-tāng-kha
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daxngchiw'daxngqaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰa³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶don-seu-don-ciaq
  - MiniDict: don^去 seu don ciah
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³don-seu-don-jiaq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²² sɤ⁵⁵ doŋ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ²¹/

Idiom

動手動腳

to come to blows
to take liberties (with women)

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 喐手喐腳／喐手喐脚
(Eastern Min, Min Nan) 起跤動手／起跤动手
(Teochew) 動跤動手／动跤动手