手足

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad. (手足)		手	足

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² zuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-chiuk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-chiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuzú
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-tsu²
    • Yale: shǒu-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooutzwu
    • Palladius: шоуцзу (šouczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² zuk¹
    • Yale: sáu jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-chiuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: su` jiug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su³ jiug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /su³¹ t͡si̯uk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-chiok
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiwciog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: syuwX tsjuH|tsjowk

Rime
Character	手	足	足
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	虞 (24)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	書九切	子句切	即玉切
Baxter	syuwX	tsjuH	tsjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨuX/	/t͡sɨoH/	/t͡sɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiuX/	/t͡sioH/	/t͡siok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiəuX/	/t͡sioH/	/t͡siok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuwX/	/t͡suə̆H/	/t͡suawk̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiuX/	/t͡sioH/	/t͡siok̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəuX/	/t͡sĭuH/	/t͡sĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ə̯uX/	/t͡si̯uH/	/t͡si̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǒu	jù	zu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau2	zeoi3	zuk1

Noun

手足

1. (literally) hands and feet
2. (figurative, literary) parts of the same body; people who are inseparable or intimately connected
3. (figurative) brothers
4. (figurative) accomplices; retinue; henchmen
5. (neologism, HK politics) fellow Hong Kong protestors

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 兄弟 (“brothers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		兄弟, 手足, 昆仲, 昆季
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兄弟
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	哥兒, 弟兄
	Taiwan	兄弟
	Malaysia	兄弟
	Singapore	兄弟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	弟兄, 弟兄們, 兄弟
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	弟兄
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	弟兄
	Wuhan	弟兄, 兄弟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	弟兄
	Hefei	弟兄, 兄弟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	兄弟
	Hong Kong	兄弟
	Taishan	兄弟
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	兄弟
	Singapore (Guangfu)	兄弟
Gan	Nanchang	兄弟
Hakka	Meixian	兄弟
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兄弟
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	兄弟
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	兄弟
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	兄弟
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	兄弟
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	兄弟
Jin	Taiyuan	弟兄, 兄弟
Northern Min	Jian'ou	兄弟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	兄弟, 兄弟哥
	Matsu	兄弟哥
Southern Min	Xiamen	兄弟
	Quanzhou	兄弟
	Zhangzhou	兄弟
	Taipei	兄弟
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	兄弟
	Kaohsiung	兄弟
	Yilan	兄弟
	Changhua (Lukang)	兄弟
	Taichung	兄弟仔
	Tainan	兄弟
	Hsinchu	兄弟仔
	Kinmen	兄弟
	Penghu (Magong)	兄弟
	Penang (Hokkien)	兄弟
	Singapore (Hokkien)	兄弟
	Manila (Hokkien)	兄弟, 兄弟仔
	Chaozhou	兄弟
	Shantou	兄弟
	Haifeng	兄弟
	Singapore (Teochew)	兄弟
	Wenchang	兄弟
	Singapore (Hainanese)	兄弟
Wu	Suzhou	弟兄
	Wenzhou	兄弟
Xiang	Changsha	弟兄, 兄弟
	Shuangfeng	弟兄, 兄弟

Derived terms

• 兄弟如手足，妻子如衣服 (xiōngdì rú shǒuzú, qīzǐ rú yīfu)
• 兄弟手足
• 好手足
• 恩同手足
• 情同手足
• 情若手足
• 手足之情
• 手足之雅
• 手足失措
• 手足情深
• 手足搐搦
• 手足無措／手足无措 (shǒuzúwúcuò)
• 手足異處／手足异处
• 手足胼胝
• 手足重繭／手足重茧
• 啟手足／启手足
• 斂手足／敛手足
• 無所措手足／无所措手足 (wú suǒ cuò shǒu zú)
• 無所錯手足／无所错手足 (wú suǒ cuò shǒu zú)
• 視同手足／视同手足
• 胼胝手足
• 莫措手足
• 親如手足／亲如手足
• 親手足／亲手足
• 親若手足／亲若手足

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手	足
て Grade: 1	あし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te̞a̠ɕi]

Noun

手(て)足(あし) • (teashi) 

1. hands and feet, arms and legs, limbs
2. someone who waits on hand and foot or is at someone's beck and call

   社長(しゃちょう)の手足(てあし)となって働(はたら)きます。

   Shachō no teashi to natte hatarakimasu.

   In my work I wait on the president hand and foot.

Korean

Hanja in this term
手	足

Noun

手足 • (sujok) (hangeul 수족)

1. Hanja form^? of 수족.