選手

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See also: 选手

Chinese

		to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (選手)		選	手
simp. (选手)		选	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuǎnshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² sau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sién-sú
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): soán-chhiú

(Teochew, Peng'im): suang² ciu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuǎnshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuǎnshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan³-shou³
  - Yale: sywǎn-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuanshoou
  - Palladius: сюаньшоу (sjuanʹšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun² sau²
  - Yale: syún sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn² sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun² seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sién-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien` su`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian³ su³
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en³¹ su³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: suán-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soafnchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suang² ciu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suáng tshiú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

選手

(countable) contestant; competitor; player; participant (of a sport or other competition) (Classifier: 名 m)
明星選手／明星选手 ― míngxīng xuǎnshǒu ― star player

Synonyms

參賽者／参赛者 (cānsàizhě)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
選	手
せん Grade: 4	しゅ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんしゅ (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

選(せん)手(しゅ) • (senshu)

player, at variety of sports, or games.
- 1920, 牧野信一, 初夏:
  河田(かわだ)と私(わたし)とは学校(がっこう)の野球(やきゅう)の選手(せんしゅ)でした。
  Kawada to watashi to wa gakkō no yakyū no senshu deshita.
  Kawada and I were baseball players at our school.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
選	手

Noun

選手 • (seonsu) (hangeul 선수)

Hanja form^? of 선수 (“player”).

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