扶手

Chinese

		to support with hand; to help sb. up; to help	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (扶手)		扶	手
anagram		手扶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁴ sau²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hû-chhiú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hu⁵ ciu²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶vu-seu; ⁶wu-seu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-shou³
    • Yale: fú-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushoou
    • Palladius: фушоу (fušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁴ sau²
    • Yale: fùh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁴ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hû-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: hû-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hu⁵ ciu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hû tshiú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶vu-seu; ⁶wu-seu
    • MiniDict: vu^去 seu; wu^去 seu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vu-seu; ³hhu-seu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vu²² sɤ⁴⁴/, /ɦu²² sɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

扶手

1. handrail

   緊握扶手／紧握扶手  ―  jǐnwò fúshǒu  ―  to hold the handrail

2. armrest
3. bridge-like part glued onto the soundboard near the tail of the pipa, yueqin, and similar Chinese lutes, to which the strings are tied

Synonyms

• (handrail): (Wu) 擋手／挡手
• (armrest): (Hokkien) 𣹇手

Derived terms

• 扶手椅 (fúshǒuyǐ)
• 扶手椅子 (fúshǒuyǐzi)
• 扶手電梯／扶手电梯 (fúshǒu diàntī)