煞手

Chinese

		baleful; bring to a stop; very baleful; bring to a stop; very; decrease; tighten	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (煞手)		煞	手
simp. #(煞手)		煞	手

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soah-chhiú

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soah-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: suah-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soahchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sua(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

煞⫽手 (verb-object)

1. (Hokkien) to stop (what one is doing); to give up

Synonyms

• 中斷／中断 (zhōngduàn)
• 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
• 停 (tíng)
• 停歇 (tíngxiē)
• 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
• 夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
• 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
• 放煞 (Min Nan)
• 斷站／断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 斷節／断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 暫停／暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
• 歇 (xiē)
• 止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 止息 (zhǐxī)
• 止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 瀦／潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 煞 (Hokkien)
• 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
• 終止／终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• 絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
• 罷／罢
• 罷休／罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
• 罷手／罢手 (bàshǒu)
• 間斷／间断
• 須／须 (xū) (literary)
• 頓／顿