甩手

Chinese

		fling	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (甩手)		甩	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǎishǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞˇ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lat¹ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiù-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎishǒu [Phonetic: shuáishǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎishǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shuai³-shou³
    • Yale: shwǎi-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoaishoou
    • Palladius: шуайшоу (šuajšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lat¹ sau²
    • Yale: lāt sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lat⁷ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: led¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiù-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: hiù-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiuochiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Verb

甩手

1. to swing one's arms
2. (figurative) to refuse to do; to wash one's hands of
3. (Cantonese) to get rid of something by reselling it

Synonyms

• (to refuse to do): (Hokkien) 㧒手