插手

Chinese

		insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (插手)		插	手
simp. #(插手)		插	手
Literally: “insert one's hand”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caap³ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhap-chhiú / chhah-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chashǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-shou³
    • Yale: chā-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chashoou
    • Palladius: чашоу (čašou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caap³ sau²
    • Yale: chaap sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap⁸ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cab³ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːp̚³ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhap-chhiú / chhah-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tshap-tshiú / tshah-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhapchiuo, zhahchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/, /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰap̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡sʰa(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰap̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/, /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/, /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/, /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Verb

插手

1. to get involved in; to meddle in

   • 現在幾十隻手插到地方，使地方的事情不好辦。 [MSC, trad.]
     现在几十只手插到地方，使地方的事情不好办。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Xiànzài jǐshí zhī shǒu chā dào dìfāng, shǐ dìfāng de shìqíng bù hǎo bàn. [Pinyin]

     At present scores of hands are reaching out to the localities, making things difficult for them.

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 斗插, 斗插手

Related terms

• 插口 (chākǒu)