縮手

Chinese

		to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (縮手)		縮	手
simp. (缩手)		缩	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suōshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-chhiú / siok-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suōshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suoshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: so¹-shou³
    • Yale: swō-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoshoou
    • Palladius: сошоу (sošou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ sau²
    • Yale: sūk sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: sok-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokchiuo
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: siok-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siokchiuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Verb

縮手

1. to draw back one's hand
2. to shrink from doing something

Synonyms

• (literary) 斂手／敛手 (liànshǒu)