縮手

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Chinese

		to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (縮手)		縮	手
simp. (缩手)		缩	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suōshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ sau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-chhiú / siok-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suōshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suoshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: so¹-shou³
  - Yale: swō-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoshoou
  - Palladius: сошоу (sošou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ sau²
  - Yale: sūk sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: sok-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sokchiuo
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: siok-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siokchiuo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Verb

縮手

to draw back one's hand
to shrink from doing something

Synonyms

(literary) 斂手／敛手 (liànshǒu)

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