手尾

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	tail
simp. and trad. (手尾)		手	尾

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau² mei⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): siu² mei²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-bóe / chhiú-bér / chhiú-bé

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² mei⁵
    • Yale: sáu méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: siu² mei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu⁵⁵ ᵐbei⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'boea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-bér
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-bér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-bé
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'bea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/

Noun

手尾

1. (Cantonese) unfinished tasks; loose ends
2. (Cantonese) problems following an event
3. (Cantonese) tidiness; order
4. (Southern Min) the tips of the fingers
5. (Southern Min) remains; memento

Derived terms

• 冇手尾
• 厾手尾
• 執手尾／执手尾
• 序大人有放手尾
• 手尾刀
• 手尾力
• 手尾物
• 手尾錢／手尾钱
• 激手尾

 

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “手尾”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1], volume 2 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, pages 148-9