上手
Chinese
up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up |
hand; convenient; ‑er | ||
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simp. and trad. (上手) |
上 | 手 |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): soeng6 sau2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): siang5 siu2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): song-sú
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-chhiú / siāng-chhiú
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shàngshǒu
- Wade–Giles: shang4-shou3
- Yale: shàng-shǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshoou
- Palladius: шаншоу (šanšou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
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上首
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: soeng6 sau2
- Yale: seuhng sáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: soeng6 sau2
- Guangdong Romanization: sêng6 seo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sœːŋ²² sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: siang5 siu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /siaŋ³² siu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: song-sú
- Hakka Romanization System: song su`
- Hagfa Pinyim: song4 su3
- Sinological IPA: /soŋ⁵⁵ su³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-chhiú
- Tâi-lô: siōng-tshiú
- Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngchiuo
- IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-chhiú
- Tâi-lô: siāng-tshiú
- Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngchiuo
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 上手
- left-hand seat; seat of honor
- predecessor; one's superior
- player whose turn comes next
- expert
- (Cantonese) previous owner of real estate
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): soeng5 sau2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): siang1 siu2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ-chhiú / chiōⁿ-chhiú / chiǔⁿ-chhiú
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shàngshǒu
- Wade–Giles: shang4-shou3
- Yale: shàng-shǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshoou
- Palladius: шаншоу (šanšou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 上手
上首
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: soeng5 sau2
- Yale: séuhng sáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: soeng5 sau2
- Guangdong Romanization: sêng5 seo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sœːŋ¹³ sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: siang1 siu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /siaŋ³³ siu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-chhiú
- Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-tshiú
- Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxchiuo
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-chhiú
- Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-tshiú
- Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixchiuo
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-chhiú
- Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-tshiú
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Verb
上手
Adverb
(deprecated template usage) 上手
- (colloquial) at the outset
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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上 | 手 |
じょう Grade: 1 |
ず Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
/d͡ʑauzu/ → /d͡ʑɔːzu/ → /d͡ʑoːzu/
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 上手 (dzyangH syuwX, “to have the upper hand → to gain mastery, to master something”, literally “top hand”).
This reading is likely a later innovation in Japanese after the initial borrowing. This uses the goon of jō for the first character, and the kan'yōon of zu for the second character.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
上手 • (jōzu) ←じやうず (zyauzu)?-na (adnominal 上手な (jōzu na), adverbial 上手に (jōzu ni))
Inflection
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 上手だろ | じょうずだろ | jōzu daro |
Continuative (連用形) | 上手で | じょうずで | jōzu de |
Terminal (終止形) | 上手だ | じょうずだ | jōzu da |
Attributive (連体形) | 上手な | じょうずな | jōzu na |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 上手なら | じょうずなら | jōzu nara |
Imperative (命令形) | 上手であれ | じょうずであれ | jōzu de are |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | 上手ではない 上手じゃない |
じょうずではない じょうずじゃない |
jōzu de wa nai jōzu ja nai |
Informal past | 上手だった | じょうずだった | jōzu datta |
Informal negative past | 上手ではなかった 上手じゃなかった |
じょうずではなかった じょうずじゃなかった |
jōzu de wa nakatta jōzu ja nakatta |
Formal | 上手です | じょうずです | jōzu desu |
Formal negative | 上手ではありません 上手じゃありません |
じょうずではありません じょうずじゃありません |
jōzu de wa arimasen jōzu ja arimasen |
Formal past | 上手でした | じょうずでした | jōzu deshita |
Formal negative past | 上手ではありませんでした 上手じゃありませんでした |
じょうずではありませんでした じょうずじゃありませんでした |
jōzu de wa arimasen deshita jōzu ja arimasen deshita |
Conjunctive | 上手で | じょうずで | jōzu de |
Conditional | 上手なら(ば) | じょうずなら(ば) | jōzu nara (ba) |
Provisional | 上手だったら | じょうずだったら | jōzu dattara |
Volitional | 上手だろう | じょうずだろう | jōzu darō |
Adverbial | 上手に | じょうずに | jōzu ni |
Degree | 上手さ | じょうずさ | jōzusa |
Antonyms
- 下手 (heta)
Noun
- (rare) skill, dexterity
- flattery (from being told how skillful one is, even if one isn't)
- いつもお上手をいわれて自惚れた。
- Itsumo ojōzu o iwarete unuboreta.
- He was always told flattering things and got full of himself.
- いつもお上手をいわれて自惚れた。
- a person with the seventh dan in the games of shogi or go
Antonyms
- (skill, dexterity): 下手 (heta)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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上 | 手 |
じょう Grade: 1 |
しゅ Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
/d͡ʑauɕu/ → /d͡ʑɔːɕu/ → /d͡ʑoːɕu/
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 上手 (dzyangH syuwX, “to have the upper hand → to gain mastery, to master something”, literally “top hand”).
This is the goon reading for both characters, so likely the reading as initially borrowed.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
上手 • (jōshu) ←じやうしゆ (zyausyu)?-na (adnominal 上手な (jōshu na), adverbial 上手に (jōshu ni))
- (obsolete) same as jōzu reading above
Usage notes
Obsolete. Replaced by the jōzu reading above.
Noun
上手 • (jōshu) ←じやうしゆ (zyausyu)?
- (obsolete) same as jōzu reading above
Usage notes
Obsolete. Replaced by the jōzu reading above.
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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上 | 手 |
じょう Grade: 1 |
て Grade: 1 |
jūbakoyomi |
/d͡ʑaute/ → /d͡ʑɔːte/ → /d͡ʑoːte/
Variation on jōzu above, replacing the kan'yōon of zu with the kun'yomi of te.
Pronunciation
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Noun
- (rare) alternate for jōzu above
- Short for 上手物 (jōtemono): an exquisite piece of workmanship
Antonyms
- (crude piece of workmanship): 下手物 (getemono)
Etymology 4
Kanji in this term | |
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上 | 手 |
うわ Grade: 1 |
て Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Compound of 上 (uwa, “up, upper”) + 手 (te, “hand”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
上手 • (uwate) -na (adnominal 上手な (uwate na), adverbial 上手に (uwate ni))
- superior, better
- aggressive, bold, on the offensive
Synonyms
- (aggressive, bold, on the offensive): 高飛車 (takabisha)
Antonyms
- (unaggressive, modest, on the defensive): 下手 (shitate)
Noun
- (sumo) an overhand hold
- (sumo) the upper hand in an overhand hold
- upstream, the upstream portion of a river
- upwind
- a skilled player of games, such as go or shogi
Antonyms
- (downstream, downwind, stage right): 下手 (shimote)
Etymology 5
Kanji in this term | |
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上 | 手 |
かみ Grade: 1 |
て Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Compound of 上 (kami, “up, upper”) + 手 (te, “hand”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- upstream, the upstream portion of a river
- upwind
- uphill, the upper portion of a hill or other geographic feature
- the head of a table, the seat of honor
- stage left: the left-hand side of a stage when looking from the stage towards the audience
- the left-hand side of a drawstring on a fishing net
Antonyms
- (downstream, downwind, stage right): 下手 (shimote)
Etymology 6
Kanji in this term | |
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上 | 手 |
Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 |
irregular |
/kamute/ → /kaute/ → /kɔːte/ → /koːte/
Originally a compound of 上 (kamu, “up, upper”) + 手 (te, “hand”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- (rare) the left-hand side of a drawstring on a fishing net
See also
- 上手い (umai)
References
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