束手

Chinese

		bunch; (a measure word); to bind bunch; (a measure word); to bind; to control	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (束手)		束	手
anagram		手束

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ sau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shùshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shùshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: shu⁴-shou³
  - Yale: shù-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhshoou
  - Palladius: шушоу (šušou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cuk¹ sau²
  - Yale: chūk sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: sok-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sokchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Verb

束手

to be helpless; to have one's hands tied

Derived terms

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