鹹豬手

Chinese

		salty	pig's front trotter
trad. (鹹豬手)		鹹	豬手
simp. (咸猪手)		咸	猪手
Literally: “salted pork knuckles”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánzhūshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴ zyu¹ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánzhūshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánjhushǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-chu¹-shou³
    • Yale: syán-jū-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanjushoou
    • Palladius: сяньчжушоу (sjanʹčžušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁴ zyu¹ sau²
    • Yale: hàahm jyū sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ dzy¹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ ju¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

鹹豬手

1. (literally) salted pork knuckles, especially Schweinshaxe or Eisbein

   德國鹹豬手／德国咸猪手  ―  Déguó xiánzhūshǒu  ―  Schweinshaxe

2. hand of a groper or molester

   偷伸鹹豬手／偷伸咸猪手  ―  tōu shēn xiánzhūshǒu  ―  to stealthily extend one's "salted pork trotter"

3. (metonymically) groper; molester

   遭鹹豬手／遭咸猪手  ―  zāo xiánzhūshǒu  ―  to encounter a molester

Verb

鹹豬手

1. (Cantonese) to grope; to molest

   • 我就冇聽過有女藝人俾人鹹豬手，我平時會盡量同男藝人保持距離，自己會小心啲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我就冇听过有女艺人俾人咸猪手，我平时会尽量同男艺人保持距离，自己会小心啲。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2009 February 3, 受害人越揭越多　男藝員鹹豬手思琦、敏之 TVB徹查, in 《蘋果日報》 (Apple Daily), quoting 朱凱婷 (Heidi Chu)

     ngo⁵ zau⁶ mou⁵ teng¹ gwo³ jau⁵ neoi⁵ ngai⁶ jan⁴ bei² jan⁴ haam⁴ zyu¹ sau², ngo⁵ ping⁴ si⁴ wui⁵ zeon⁶ loeng⁶ tung⁴ naam⁴ ngai⁶ jan⁴ bou² ci⁴ keoi⁵ lei⁴, zi⁶ gei² wui⁵ siu² sam¹ di¹. [Jyutping]

     I haven't heard of female artists getting groped. I usually try my best to keep a distance with male artists and be more careful.