一手

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (一手)		一	手

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-sú
• Min Nan (POJ): chi̍t-chhiú / it-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīshǒu [Phonetic: yìshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishoou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishǒu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (一手兒／一手儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīshǒur [Phonetic: yìshǒur]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishooul
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishǒur
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ sau²
    • Yale: yāt sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: id` su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² su³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² su³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-chhiú / it-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-tshiú / it-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cidchiuo, itchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /it̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/, /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /it̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /it̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/, /it̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/

Adverb

一手

1. single-handedly; all by oneself; all alone

Noun

一手

1. proficiency; skill
2. trick; move

Synonyms

• (skill):

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Synonyms of 一手

• 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
• 兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 功力 (gōnglì)
• 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 手法 (shǒufǎ)
• 手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
• 手腕 (shǒuwàn)
• 才力 (cáilì)
• 才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
• 才情 (Min Nan)
• 才能 (cáinéng)
• 技巧 (jìqiǎo)

• 技能 (jìnéng)
• 技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
• 技術／技术 (jìshù)
• 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
• 本事 (běnshì)
• 本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
• 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
• 能力 (nénglì)
• 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
• 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
• 能量 (néngliàng)
• 解數／解数 (xièshù)
• 資力／资力 (zīlì)
• 身手 (shēnshǒu)
• 道行 (dàohéng)

Derived terms

• 一手一足
• 一手交錢，一手交貨／一手交钱，一手交货 (yīshǒu jiāo qián, yīshǒu jiāo huò)
• 一手包攬／一手包揽
• 一手包辦／一手包办 (yīshǒubāobàn)
• 一手托兩家／一手托两家 (yīshǒu tuō liǎngjiā)
• 一手承運／一手承运

• 一手提拔
• 一手遮天 (yīshǒu zhē tiān)
• 一手難掩天下人耳目／一手难掩天下人耳目
• 有一手 (yǒu yīshǒu)
• 留一手
• 露一手 (lòu yīshǒu)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishoou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishǒu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

一手

1. firsthand

   一手材料  ―  yīshǒu cáiliào  ―  firsthand information; primary source

   一手車 / 一手车  ―  yīshǒu chē  ―  firsthand vehicle

Coordinate terms

• 二手 (èrshǒu)