徒手

Chinese

		apprentice; disciple	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (徒手)		徒	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): túshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thù-sú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tô͘-chhiú
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶du-seu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: túshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-shou³
    • Yale: tú-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twushoou
    • Palladius: тушоу (tušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ sau²
    • Yale: tòuh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thù-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: tuˇ su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tu² su³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu¹¹ su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tôo-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dochiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶du-seu
    • MiniDict: du^去 seu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-seu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² sɤ⁴⁴/

Adjective

徒手

1. bare-handed; unarmed

   古典舞徒手身韻／古典舞徒手身韵  ―  gǔdiǎnwǔ túshǒu shēnyùn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (徒手):

• → Japanese: 徒(と)手(しゅ) (toshu)
• → Korean: 도수(徒手) (dosu)
• → Vietnamese: đồ thủ (徒手)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
徒	手
と Grade: 4	しゅ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ɕɨᵝ]

Noun

徒(と)手(しゅ) • (toshu) 

1. State of being empty-handed, being bare-handed.

   徒手(としゅ)格闘(かくとう)

   toshu kakutō

   hand-to-hand combat

2. State of being penniless, having no money.

   徒手(としゅ)空拳(くうけん)で事業(じぎょう)を始(はじ)める

   toshu kūken de jigyō o hajimeru

   start a project with no capital