放手

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (放手)		放	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): piong-sú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pàng-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-shou³
    • Yale: fàng-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqshoou
    • Palladius: фаншоу (fanšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ sau²
    • Yale: fong sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piong-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: biong su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: biong⁴ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯oŋ⁵⁵ su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Verb

放手

1. to let go (of one's hold); to lose one's grip
2. (figurative) to give up; to abandon
3. (figurative) to give free rein

Synonyms

• (to let go): 撒手 (sāshǒu), 鬆手／松手 (sōngshǒu), (Min Nan) 手冗

Derived terms

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