招手

Chinese

		provoke; to recruit	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (招手)		招	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāoshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāoshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaoshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-shou³
    • Yale: jāu-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaushoou
    • Palladius: чжаошоу (čžaošou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ sau²
    • Yale: jīu sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tsio-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioichiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio³³ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Verb

招手

1. to wave (one's hand), to beckon

Synonyms

• 揮手／挥手 (huīshǒu)
• (Cantonese) 搰手 (wat6 sau2)
• (Min Nan) 擛手 (ia̍t-chhiú)

See also

• (Cantonese) 𣚕手

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