手語

See also: 手语

Chinese

	hand; convenient; ‑er	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (手語)	手	語
simp. (手语)	手	语
Literally: “hand language”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² jyu⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-ngî
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-gú / chhiú-gír / chhiú-gí

(Teochew, Peng'im): ciu² ghe²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuyǔ [Phonetic: shóuyǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-yü³
  - Yale: shǒu-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouyeu
  - Palladius: шоуюй (šoujuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² jyu⁵
  - Yale: sáu yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ jyː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: su` ngi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su³ ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /su³¹ ŋi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-gú
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'guo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-gír
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-gír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-gí
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'gie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ciu² ghe²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiú gṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻³⁵ ɡɯ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

手語

sign language
打手語／打手语 ― dǎ shǒuyǔ ― to use sign language

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 手語 (“sign language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手語, 啞語
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	手語
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	手語
Cantonese	Hong Kong	手語
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手語
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手語
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手語
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手語
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手語
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手語
Southern Min	Xiamen	手語
	Quanzhou	手語
	Zhangzhou	手語
	Taipei	手語 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term
手	語

Noun

手語 • (sueo) (hangeul 수어)

Hanja form^? of 수어 (“sign language”).