瘸手

Chinese

		lame	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (瘸手)		瘸	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quéshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiò-sú
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khê-chhiú / khêr-chhiú / khôe-chhiú / kher-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quéshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuéshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüeh²-shou³
  - Yale: chywé-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyueshoou
  - Palladius: цюэшоу (cjuešou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiò-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: kioˇ su`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kio² su³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯o¹¹ su³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khê-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: khê-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qechiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêr-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: khêr-tshiú
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰə²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khôe-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: khuê-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoechiuo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /kʰue²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰue²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Kinmen, Lukang, Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kher-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: kher-tshiú
  - IPA (Lukang): /kʰə³³ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /kʰə⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Adjective

瘸手

crippled in the hand or arm
(Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative, derogatory) clumsy; awkward in one's movements

Synonyms

(crippled in the hand or arm): (Cantonese) 跛手

References

“Entry #13007”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.