左手交右手

Chinese

		left hand	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	right hand
simp. and trad. (左手交右手)		左手	交	右手
Literally: “to hand in from the left hand to the right hand”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² sau² gaau¹ jau⁶ sau²

---

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo² sau² gaau¹ jau⁶ sau²
    • Yale: jó sáu gāau yauh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² sau² gaau¹ jau⁶ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo² seo² gao¹ yeo⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯²² sɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

左手交右手

1. (Cantonese, derogatory) to transfer benefits within the same party or between parties with common interests