手足

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Chinese

hand; convenient; ‑er foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad.
(手足) 		手 足

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 手 足 足
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 精 (13) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 虞 (24) 燭 (8)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 書九切 子句切 即玉切
Baxter syuwX tsjuH tsjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕɨuX/ /t͡sɨoH/ /t͡sɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕiuX/ /t͡sioH/ /t͡siok̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕiəuX/ /t͡sioH/ /t͡siok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕuwX/ /t͡suə̆H/ /t͡suawk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiuX/ /t͡sioH/ /t͡siok̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭəuX/ /t͡sĭuH/ /t͡sĭwok̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯ə̯uX/ /t͡si̯uH/ /t͡si̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shǒu jù zu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sau2 zeoi3 zuk1

Noun

手足

  1. (literally) hands and feet
  2. (figurative, literary) parts of the same body; people who are inseparable or intimately connected
  3. (figurative) brothers
  4. (figurative) accomplices; retinue; henchmen
  5. (neologism, HK politics) fellow Hong Kong protestors

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 兄弟 (“brothers”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 兄弟, 手足, 昆仲, 昆季
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 兄弟
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 兄弟, 哥們兒, 哥兒, 弟兄
Taiwan 兄弟
Chengde 弟兄, 哥兒們
Chifeng 兄弟, 哥兒們
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 兄弟
Heihe 兄弟, 哥兒們
Qiqihar 兄弟, 哥兒們
Harbin 弟兄, 哥兒們
Jiamusi 兄弟, 哥兒們
Baicheng 兄弟, 哥兒們兒
Changchun 哥們兒
Tonghua 兄弟, 哥們兒
Shenyang 兄弟, 哥們兒
Jinzhou 兄弟, 弟兄, 哥兒們
Malaysia 兄弟
Singapore 兄弟
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 哥們兒
Tangshan 兄弟, 哥們兒
Cangzhou 兄弟, 哥兒們兒
Baoding 弟兄
Shijiazhuang 弟兄
Lijin 兄弟
Jinan 兄弟, 弟兄, 弟兄們
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 哥們兒
Dandong 兄弟, 哥兒們兒
Yantai 弟兄
Yantai (Muping) 弟兄
Qingdao 弟兄
Zhucheng 弟兄, 兄弟
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 弟兄, 弟兒們
Lingbao 弟兄
Jining 兄弟, 兄弟們
Wanrong 弟兄
Linfen 弟兄
Shangqiu 兄弟
Yuanyang 弟兄
Zhengzhou 兄弟
Xinyang 兄弟
Baihe 兄弟
Xi'an 弟兄
Baoji 兄弟, 弟兄
Tianshui 兄弟
Xining 弟兄, 兄弟, 弟弟
Xuzhou 兄弟, 弟兄, 弟們, 哥們兒
Fuyang 兄弟
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 兄弟, 弟兄
Lanzhou 兄弟, 弟兄
Dunhuang 弟兄
Hami 兄弟
Ürümqi 兄弟, 弟兄
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 弟兄, 兄弟, 兄弟夥
Nanchong 兄弟
Dazhou 弟兄
Hanyuan 弟兄
Xichang 兄弟
Zigong 兄弟, 兄弟夥
Chongqing 弟兄
Wuhan 弟兄, 兄弟
Yichang 兄弟, 弟兄
Xiangyang 兄弟
Tianmen 兄弟, 弟兄夥的
Guiyang 兄弟, 哥弟
Zunyi 兄弟夥, 兄弟些
Bijie 弟兄
Liping 弟兄
Zhaotong 弟兄
Dali 兄弟
Kunming 兄弟
Mengzi 兄弟
Guilin 兄弟
Liuzhou 兄弟, 弟兄
Jishou 兄弟
Changde 兄弟
Hanzhong 兄弟
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 兄弟, 弟兄
Yangzhou 兄弟, 弟兄
Lianyungang 兄弟, 弟兄
Lianshui 弟兄們子
Nantong 兄弟
Anqing 弟兄
Wuhu 弟兄
Hefei 弟兄, 兄弟
Hong'an 弟兄, 弟兄夥兒的
Cantonese Guangzhou 兄弟
Hong Kong 兄弟
Taishan 兄弟
Dongguan 兄弟
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 兄弟
Singapore (Guangfu) 兄弟
Gan Nanchang 兄弟, 弟兄
Lichuan 兄弟
Pingxiang 兄弟
Hakka Meixian 兄弟
Yudu 兄弟, 昆兄
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 兄弟
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 兄弟
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 兄弟
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 兄弟
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 兄弟
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 兄弟
Huizhou Jixi 兄弟, 哥兄弟
Shexian 哥弟, 兄弟
Jin Taiyuan 弟兄, 兄弟
Yangyuan 兄弟, 弟兄
Datong 弟兄
Xinzhou 弟兄
Lüliang (Lishi) 弟兄
Changzhi 弟兄
Linhe 兄弟
Jining 兄弟
Hohhot 兄弟
Erenhot 兄弟
Pingshan 兄弟
Zhangjiakou 兄弟
Handan 兄弟, 哥兒們
Linzhou 兄弟
Suide 弟兄
Northern Min Jian'ou 兄弟
Eastern Min Fuzhou 兄弟, 兄弟哥, 兄弟囝
Matsu 兄弟哥
Southern Min Xiamen 兄弟
Quanzhou 兄弟
Jinjiang 兄弟哥
Zhangzhou 兄弟
Taipei 兄弟
New Taipei (Sanxia) 兄弟
Kaohsiung 兄弟
Yilan 兄弟
Changhua (Lukang) 兄弟
Taichung 兄弟仔
Tainan 兄弟
Hsinchu 兄弟仔
Kinmen 兄弟
Penghu (Magong) 兄弟
Penang (Hokkien) 兄弟
Singapore (Hokkien) 兄弟
Manila (Hokkien) 兄弟, 兄弟仔
Chaozhou 兄弟
Shantou 兄弟
Haifeng 兄弟
Singapore (Teochew) 兄弟
Wenchang 兄弟
Haikou 兄弟
Singapore (Hainanese) 兄弟
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 兄弟
Wu Shanghai 弟兄, 兄弟
Shanghai (Chongming) 弟兄
Suzhou 弟兄
Danyang 弟兄, 兄弟
Hangzhou 兄弟
Ningbo 兄弟
Wenzhou 兄弟, 兄弟兒
Jinhua 哥弟
Xiang Changsha 弟兄, 兄弟
Loudi 弟兄, 兄弟
Shuangfeng 弟兄, 兄弟
Hengyang 兄弟

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手 足
て
Grade: 1 		あし
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

手(て)足(あし) • (teashi) 

  1. hands and feet, arms and legs, limbs
  2. someone who waits on hand and foot or is at someone's beck and call
    社長(しゃちょう)の手足(てあし)となって働(はたら)きます。
    Shachō no teashi to natte hatarakimasu.
    In my work I wait on the president hand and foot.

Korean

Hanja in this term
手足

Noun

手足 • (sujok) (hangeul 수족)

  1. hanja form? of 수족
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