拿手

Chinese

		to hold; to seize; to catch to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (拿手)		拿	手
anagram		手拿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): náshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁴ sau²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ná-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: náshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: náshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: na²-shou³
    • Yale: ná-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nashoou
    • Palladius: нашоу (našou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: náshǒur
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˊ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: náshǒur
    • Wade–Giles: na²-shou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: ná-shǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nashooul
    • Palladius: нашоур (našour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä³⁵ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naa⁴ sau²
    • Yale: nàh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: na⁴ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: ná-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nafchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Adjective

拿手

1. adept; skilled; good at

Derived terms

• 拿手好戲／拿手好戏
• 拿手好菜
• 拿手絕活／拿手绝活
• 拿手菜 (náshǒucài)

 

Noun

拿手

1. (archaic) assurance; confidence
2. (archaic) leverage; handle (against someone)