拍手

Chinese

		to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (拍手)		拍	手
Literally: “to clap hands”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāishǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phok-sú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phah-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāishǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: paishǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai¹-shou³
    • Yale: pāi-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paishoou
    • Palladius: пайшоу (pajšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paak³ sau²
    • Yale: paak sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pag³ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phok-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: pog` su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pog⁵ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰok̚² su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: phah-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phahchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Verb

拍手

1. to applaud
2. to clap one's hands

Synonyms

• 鼓掌 (gǔzhǎng)
• (Min Nan) 拍噗仔 (phah-pho̍k-á), 拍噗, 拍匹噗仔

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拍手):

• → Japanese: 拍手(はくしゅ) (hakushu)
• → Korean: 박수(拍手) (baksu)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
拍	手
はく Grade: S	しゅ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

拍(はく)手(しゅ) • (hakushu) 

1. applause

Verb

拍(はく)手(しゅ)する • (hakushu suru) suru (stem 拍(はく)手(しゅ)し (hakushu shi), past 拍(はく)手(しゅ)した (hakushu shita))

1. to clap, to applaud

Conjugation

Conjugation of "拍手する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	拍手し	はくしゅし	hakushu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	拍手し	はくしゅし	hakushu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	拍手する	はくしゅする	hakushu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	拍手する	はくしゅする	hakushu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	拍手すれ	はくしゅすれ	hakushu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	拍手せよ¹ 拍手しろ²	はくしゅせよ¹ はくしゅしろ²	hakushu seyo¹ hakushu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	拍手される	はくしゅされる	hakushu sareru
Causative	拍手させる 拍手さす	はくしゅさせる はくしゅさす	hakushu saseru hakushu sasu
Potential	拍手できる	はくしゅできる	hakushu dekiru
Volitional	拍手しよう	はくしゅしよう	hakushu shiyō
Negative	拍手しない	はくしゅしない	hakushu shinai
Negative continuative	拍手せず	はくしゅせず	hakushu sezu
Formal	拍手します	はくしゅします	hakushu shimasu
Perfective	拍手した	はくしゅした	hakushu shita
Conjunctive	拍手して	はくしゅして	hakushu shite
Hypothetical conditional	拍手すれば	はくしゅすれば	hakushu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
拍	手

Noun

拍手 • (baksu) (hangeul 박수)

1. hanja form^? of 박수 (“applause”)