拍手

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Chinese

to clap; to pat; to beat
to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)
 
 hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad.
(拍手) 		拍 手
Literally: “to clap hands”.

Pronunciation

Verb

拍手

  1. to clap one's hands; to applaud
  2. (Hokkien) to hit a hand

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拍手 (“to applaud”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 拊手
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 拍手, 鼓掌
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 鼓掌, 拍巴掌兒
Taiwan 拍手
Harbin 拍手兒
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 拍巴掌, 拍呱兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 拍手, 拍巴掌
Wanrong 拍手
Xi'an 拍手
Xining 拍手
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 拍手
Ürümqi 拍手, 拍巴掌
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 拍手, 拍巴掌, 拍巴巴掌, 鼓掌
Wuhan 拍手, 拍巴掌
Guiyang 拍巴掌
Liuzhou 拍手
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 拍手, 拍巴掌
Yangzhou 拍巴掌
Hefei 拍巴掌
Cantonese Guangzhou 拍手, 拍手掌
Hong Kong 拍手
Dongguan 拍手
Yangjiang 拍手
Gan Nanchang 拍巴掌
Lichuan 拍巴腫
Pingxiang 打巴子
Hakka Meixian 拍手, 拍掌
Yudu 打巴掌
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 拍手
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 拍手, 拍手仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 拍手
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 拍手
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 拍手
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 拍手
Huizhou Jixi 拍手
Jin Taiyuan 拍手
Xinzhou 拍手
Northern Min Jian'ou 拍手
Eastern Min Fuzhou 拍掌
Southern Min Xiamen 拍噗仔
Quanzhou 拍噗仔
Jinjiang 拍噗仔
Zhangzhou 拍噗仔
Taipei 拍噗仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 拍噗仔
Kaohsiung 拍噗仔
Yilan 拍噗仔
Changhua (Lukang) 拍噗仔
Taichung 拍噗仔, 拍匹噗仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 拍噗仔
Tainan 拍噗仔
Taitung 拍噗仔
Hsinchu 拍噗仔
Kinmen 拍噗仔
Penghu (Magong) 拍噗
Penang (Hokkien) 拍手
Singapore (Hokkien) 拍噗
Manila (Hokkien) 拍噗仔
Chaozhou 拍噗
Shantou 拍噗
Jieyang 拍噗
Puning 鼓掌
Haikou 拍手
Central Min Yong'an 拍手掌
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 拍手
Wu Shanghai 拍手
Shanghai (Chongming) 拍手
Suzhou 拍手
Danyang 拍手
Hangzhou 拍手
Ningbo 拍手
Wenzhou 拍掌, 拍手
Jinhua 拍手
Xiang Changsha 拍手, 拍手板, 拍巴掌
Loudi 拍手板心
Shuangfeng 拍手板

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拍手):
  • → Japanese: 拍手(はくしゅ) (hakushu)
  • → Korean: 박수(拍手) (baksu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拍 手
はく
Grade: S 		しゅ
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

拍(はく)手(しゅ) • (hakushu) 

  1. applause

Verb

拍(はく)手(しゅ)する • (hakushu suru) suru (stem 拍(はく)手(しゅ)し (hakushu shi), past 拍(はく)手(しゅ)した (hakushu shita))

  1. to clap, to applaud

Conjugation

Conjugation of "拍手する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 拍手し はくしゅし hakushu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 拍手し はくしゅし hakushu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 拍手する はくしゅする hakushu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 拍手する はくしゅする hakushu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 拍手すれ はくしゅすれ hakushu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 拍手せよ¹
拍手しろ² 		はくしゅせよ¹
はくしゅしろ² 		hakushu seyo¹
hakushu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 拍手される はくしゅされる hakushu sareru
Causative 拍手させる
拍手さす 		はくしゅさせる
はくしゅさす 		hakushu saseru
hakushu sasu
Potential 拍手できる はくしゅできる hakushu dekiru
Volitional 拍手しよう はくしゅしよう hakushu shiyō
Negative 拍手しない はくしゅしない hakushu shinai
Negative continuative 拍手せず はくしゅせず hakushu sezu
Formal 拍手します はくしゅします hakushu shimasu
Perfective 拍手した はくしゅした hakushu shita
Conjunctive 拍手して はくしゅして hakushu shite
Hypothetical conditional 拍手すれば はくしゅすれば hakushu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
拍手

Noun

拍手 • (baksu) (hangeul 박수)

  1. hanja form? of 박수 (“applause”)
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