橫手

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Chinese

Etymology 1

unruly; horizontal; across
unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)
 
hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (橫手)
simp. (横手)

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Noun

橫手

  1. (Cantonese) improper means; underhand tactic
    使橫手使横手 [Cantonese]  ―  sai2 waang4 sau2   ―  to use underhand tactics

Etymology 2

unruly; horizontal; across
unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)
 
hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (橫手)
simp. (横手)
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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 横手 (Yokote).

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Proper noun

橫手

  1. () Yokote (a city in Akita Prefecture, Japan)