徒手

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Chinese

		apprentice; disciple	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (徒手)		徒	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): túshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ sau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thù-sú
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tô͘-chhiú
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶du-seu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: túshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: túshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu²-shou³
  - Yale: tú-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twushoou
  - Palladius: тушоу (tušou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ sau²
  - Yale: tòuh sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thù-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: tu^ˇ su^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tu² su³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu¹¹ su³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: tôo-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dochiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶du-seu
  - MiniDict: du^去 seu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-seu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² sɤ⁴⁴/

Adjective

徒手

bare-handed; unarmed
古典舞徒手身韻／古典舞徒手身韵 ― gǔdiǎnwǔ túshǒu shēnyùn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (徒手):

→ Japanese: 徒(と)手(しゅ) (toshu)
→ Korean: 도수(徒手) (dosu)
→ Vietnamese: đồ thủ (徒手)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
徒	手
と Grade: 4	しゅ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

徒(と)手(しゅ) • (toshu)

State of being empty-handed, being bare-handed.
徒手(としゅ)格闘(かくとう)
toshu kakutō
hand-to-hand combat
State of being penniless, having no money.
徒手(としゅ)空拳(くうけん)で事業(じぎょう)を始(はじ)める
toshu kūken de jigyō o hajimeru
start a project with no capital

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