新手

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (新手)		新	手
simp. #(新手)		新	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-shou³
    • Yale: syīn-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshoou
    • Palladius: синьшоу (sinʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: san¹ sau²
    • Yale: sān sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 新手 身手

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: sin-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 新手

1. beginner; novice; newcomer

   新手指南  ―  xīnshǒu zhǐnán  ―  beginner's guide

Synonyms

• (slang) 菜鳥／菜鸟 (càiniǎo)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	手
あら Grade: 2	て Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 新 (ara, “new”, root stem of adjective 新た arata, “new”; cognate with obsolete verb 生る aru, “to appear, to become manifest”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand; -er, someone who does something”). Compare the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English expressions new hand, old hand.

Noun

新(あら)手(て) • (arate) 

1. beginner, novice, newcomer, reinforcements
2. a new method, a new way of doing something

Antonyms

• (beginner): 古手(ふるて) (furute)