手尾

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Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	tail
simp. and trad. (手尾)		手	尾

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau² mei⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): siu² mei²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-bóe / chhiú-bér / chhiú-bé

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² mei⁵
  - Yale: sáu méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: siu² mei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu⁵⁵ ᵐbei⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-bóe
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-bué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'boea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-bér
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-bér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-bé
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'bea
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/

Noun

手尾

(Cantonese) unfinished tasks; loose ends
(Cantonese) problems following an event
手尾長／手尾长 [Cantonese] ― sau² mei⁵ coeng⁴ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(Cantonese) tidiness; order
(Southern Min) the tips of the fingers
(Southern Min) remains; memento

Derived terms

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “手尾”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎, volume 2 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, pages 148-9

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