打下手

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	player whose turn comes next; assistant; aide
simp. and trad. (打下手)		打	下手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎxiàshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎxiàshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎsiàshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-hsia⁴-shou³
    • Yale: dǎ-syà-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daashiahshoou
    • Palladius: дасяшоу (dasjašou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

打下手

1. (colloquial) to act as an assistant; to help someone

   我需要有人在我旁邊幫我打下手。 [MSC, trad.]
   我需要有人在我旁边帮我打下手。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xūyào yǒu rén zài wǒ pángbiān bāng wǒ dǎxiàshǒu. [Pinyin]

   I need someone by my side to help me.