失手

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Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (失手)		失	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ sau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sit-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-shou³
  - Yale: shr̄-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyshoou
  - Palladius: шишоу (šišou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    失守
    失手
    屍首／尸首
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sat¹ sau²
  - Yale: sāt sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    失守
    失手
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: sit-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sitchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Verb

失手

to lose control of one's hand and accidentally drop something
(figurative) to slip; to miscalculate; to take an unwise move

Derived terms

人有失手，馬有亂蹄／人有失手，马有乱蹄

Korean

Hanja in this term
失	手

Noun

失手 • (silsu) (hangeul 실수)

hanja form^? of 실수 (“mistake”)

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