舵手

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Chinese

		helm; rudder	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (舵手)		舵	手
simp. ^#(舵手)		舵	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duòshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁴ sau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǒ-chhiú / tō-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duòshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duòshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: to⁴-shou³
  - Yale: dwò-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duohshoou
  - Palladius: дошоу (došou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    剁手
    舵手
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: to⁴ sau²
  - Yale: tòh sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: to⁴ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: to⁴ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: tǒ-tshiú
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /to²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: tō-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Noun

舵手

(nautical) helmsman (member of a ship's crew who is responsible for steering)
(figuratively) helmsman; leader

Synonyms

(Hokkien, Teochew) 舵公

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (舵手):

→ Japanese: 舵(だ)手(しゅ) (dashu)
→ Korean: 타수(舵手) (tasu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
舵	手
だ Jinmeiyō	しゅ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

舵(だ)手(しゅ) • (dashu)

helmsman

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