手巾

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	towel
simp. and trad. (手巾)		手	巾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shǒujīn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sou³ jin¹

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шуҗин (šužin, II-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau² gan¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): siu² gin¹
Gan (Wiktionary): siu³ jin
Jin (Wiktionary): sou² jing¹
Eastern Min (BUC): chiū-gṳ̆ng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-kun / chhiú-kin
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵seu-cin
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shou³ jin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒujīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujin
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-chin¹
  - Yale: shǒu-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujin
  - Palladius: шоуцзинь (šouczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sou³ jin¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sougin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /səu⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шуҗин (šužin, II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂou⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² gan¹
  - Yale: sáu gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: siu² gin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu⁵⁵ kin³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: siu³ jin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɨu²¹³⁻²¹ t͡ɕin¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sou² jing¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /səu⁵³ t͡ɕĩŋ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chiū-gṳ̆ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)yŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kinmen, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-kun
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'kwn
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun³³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰiu⁴²⁻²⁴ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻²⁴ kun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-kin
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'kyn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵seu-cin
  - MiniDict: seu^去 cin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²seu-jin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɤ³³ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: shou³ jin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂəu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕin³³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /səu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕin³³/

Noun

手巾

hand towel
handkerchief (piece of cloth carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
(Guanbao Cantonese) apron

Synonyms

(hand towel): 毛巾 (máojīn), (bath towel): 浴巾 (yùjīn); (Hainanese) 毛帕, 面帕
(handkerchief):

Dialectal synonyms of 手帕 (“handkerchief”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手帕, 手絹, 手巾
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	手絹兒, 娟子
	Taiwan	手帕
	Harbin	手絹兒, 鼻渟手巾 of children
	Singapore	手巾
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	手絹, 手絹兒, 手巾, 小手巾兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小手巾兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	手帕兒
	Wanrong	手帕, 擦鼻子手巾
	Xi'an	手帕兒
	Xining	尕手巾
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	手帕
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	手巾子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	帕帕子, 手絹兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	手帕, 手帕子, 手巾, 手絹兒, 帕帕兒, 手巾兒
	Wuhan	手袱子, 袱子, 小手巾
	Guiyang	帕子, 手袱子 dated
	Liuzhou	手帕, 手巾崽, 小手巾
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	手帕, 手勒兒
	Yangzhou	絹頭, 手捏子
	Hefei	小手巾
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手巾仔
	Hong Kong	手巾仔, 袋巾
	Taishan (Guanghai)	手巾仔
	Dongguan	手巾仔
	Yangjiang	手巾仔
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	揸巾
	Hepu (Shatian)	手巾兒, 手帛
	Beihai	手巾仔
	Beihai (Nankang)	揸巾仔
	Beihai (Yingpan)	手帕
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	揸巾, 手帕仔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	揸巾
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	揸巾
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	手巾仔
	Móng Cái	揸巾
	Mandalay (Taishan)	手巾仔
Gan	Nanchang	手捏子
Gan	Pingxiang	手巾, 鼻韌手巾 of children
Hakka	Meixian	手帕, 細手帕, 細手巾仔, 手巾仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手帕
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手帕
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手帕
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手帕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手帕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手帕
Jin	Taiyuan	手絹兒, 片片, 絹絹
Jin	Xinzhou	小手巾
Northern Min	Jian'ou	帕仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手巾囝, 手巾, 汗巾
Southern Min	Xiamen	手巾, 手巾仔
	Quanzhou	手巾, 手巾仔
	Jinjiang	手巾仔
	Zhangzhou	手巾, 手巾仔
	Zhangpu	手巾仔
	Taipei	手巾仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	手巾仔
	Kaohsiung	手巾仔
	Yilan	手巾仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	手巾仔
	Taichung	手巾仔
	Tainan	手巾仔
	Hsinchu	手巾仔
	Kinmen	手巾
	Penghu (Magong)	手巾仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	手巾
	Manila (Hokkien)	手巾, 手巾仔
	Chaozhou	手布
	Shantou	手布
	Jieyang	手布
	Singapore (Teochew)	手布
	Haikou	手帕
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	手巾囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	手巾崽, 揸巾崽, 手布
Wu	Shanghai	絹頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	絹頭
	Suzhou	絹頭
	Danyang	手帕, 小手巾
	Hangzhou	帕兒
	Wenzhou	手巾
Xiang	Changsha	手帕, 小手巾
	Loudi	小手巾
	Shuangfeng	小手巾, 包巾子

(apron):

Dialectal synonyms of 圍裙 (“apron”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		圍裙, 肚兜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	圍裙
	Taiwan	圍裙
	Harbin	圍腰子, 圍裙
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	圍裙, 飯單
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	圍裙
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	苫裙子
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	腰裙子
	Xi'an	圍裙子, 圍裙兒, 圍腰子
	Xining	護裙
	Xuzhou	圍裙
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	圍裙子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	圍裙子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	圍裙子, 圍裙
	Lanzhou	圍裙子
	Ürümqi	圍裙子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	圍腰
	Wuhan	圍裙, 圍腰
	Guiyang	圍腰
	Guilin	圍裙
	Liuzhou	圍裙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	圍裙, 圍腰
	Yangzhou	圍裙
	Hefei	圍裙, 圍腰子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	圍裙, 圍身
	Hong Kong	圍裙
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	圍裙
	Foshan	圍裙
	Foshan (Shunde)	圍裙
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	圍裙
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	圍裙
	Taishan	圍身
	Kaiping (Chikan)	圍身
	Dongguan	手巾, 圍裙
	Shaoguan	圍裙
	Yunfu	裙仔
	Yangjiang	兜肚, 圍兜
	Xinyi	圍裙
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	圍裙
Gan	Nanchang	圍裙
	Lichuan	圍條
	Pingxiang	圍裙
Hakka	Meixian	圍身裙
	Yudu	幱裙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	圍身裙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	圍身裙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	圍身裙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	圍身裙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	圍身裙
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	圍身裙, 圍裙
	Hong Kong	圍身
	Senai (Huiyang)	圍裙
Huizhou	Jixi	腰布
	Shexian	腰布, 圍腰裙
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	圍裙
Jin	Taiyuan	圍裙
Jin	Xinzhou	圍裙子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	圍身裙, 圍裙
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	下攔仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	攔身
	Pucheng (Shibei)	圍身裙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	圍身裙
Eastern Min	Fuqing	圍身裙
Southern Min	Xiamen	圍身裙, 圍垂裙, 圍身巾, 煮食裙仔, 油身裙, 圍軀裙
	Zhangzhou	圍軀裙
	Zhao'an	裙圍仔
	Taipei	圍軀裙, e-pú-lóng GT
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	圍軀裙
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	縖腰巾
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	圍巾
	Kaohsiung	圍軀裙, 腰肚仔, 圍軀裙仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	圍軀裙
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	圍軀裙
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	圍軀裙
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	圍軀裙
	Yilan	圍軀裙仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	圍軀裙仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	圍䘥仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	圍軀裙, 裙肚
	Changhua (Yongjing)	圍軀裙
	Taichung	圍軀裙仔, 圍軀裙
	Taichung (Wuqi)	圍軀裙
	Tainan	圍軀裙, 煮食裙仔
	Tainan (Anping)	圍軀裙, 煮食巾仔
	Taitung	圍巾
	Hsinchu	圍裙仔, 圍軀裙
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	圍軀裙
	Kinmen	圍軀裙, 圍巾
	Penghu (Magong)	下梭裙, 圍軀裙
	Penghu (Xiyu)	圍裙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	圍身巾, 圍巾
	Chaozhou	圍腰布, 圍腰
	Shantou	圍裙, 圍腰
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	圍裙
	Haikou	裙腰
Puxian Min	Putian	裙囝, 掩裙
Puxian Min	Xianyou	裙囝, 圍身裙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	圍身裙, 圍裙
Wu	Shanghai	飯單, 圍身頭, 圍身
	Shanghai (Chongming)	圍腰
	Suzhou	圍身
	Danyang	圍裙
	Hangzhou	圍腰, 圍身裙兒
	Ningbo	布襴, 圍身布襴
	Wenzhou	圍身布
	Jinhua	圍裙
Xiang	Changsha	圍裙子, 圍裙, 腰圍裙
	Loudi	圍腰, 圍身
	Shuangfeng	圍身布
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手	巾
しゅ Grade: 1	きん Grade: S
goon	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅきん [shùkíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨkʲĩɴ]

Noun

手(しゅ)巾(きん) • (shukin)

(hand) towel
Synonym: 手ぬぐい (tenugui)
handkerchief
Synonym: ハンカチ (hankachi)

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
手	巾

Noun

手巾 • (sugeon) (hangeul 수건)

Hanja form^? of 수건 (“towel”).

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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