棘手
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Chinese[edit]
thorns | hand; convenient; ‑er | ||
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simp. and trad. (棘手) |
棘 | 手 | |
alternative forms | 撠手 Cantonese |
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
棘手
- (literally) thorny
- (figuratively) difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly; intractable
Synonyms[edit]
- (difficult to handle):
- 傷腦/伤脑 (shāngnǎo) (informal)
- 傷腦筋/伤脑筋 (shāng nǎojīn) (informal)
- 刺手 (cìshǒu)
- 囉嗦/啰嗦 (luōsuo)
- 扎手 (zhāshǒu)
- 歹紡/歹纺 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 歹辦/歹办 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 䆀紡/䆀纺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 䆀辦/䆀办 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 累贅/累赘
- 纏手/缠手 (chánshǒu) (figurative)
- 費事/费事 (fèishì)
- 辣手 (làshǒu)
- 鑿手/凿手 (Hokkien)
- 難辦/难办 (nánbàn)
- 麻煩/麻烦 (máfan)