棘手
Chinese
thorns | hand; convenient; ‑er | ||
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simp. and trad. (棘手) |
棘 | 手 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): kik1 sau2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiak-chhiú / kek-chhiú
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jíshǒu
- Wade–Giles: chi2-shou3
- Yale: jí-shǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishoou
- Palladius: цзишоу (czišou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
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疾首
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kik1 sau2
- Yale: kīk sáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: kik7 sau2
- Guangdong Romanization: kig1 seo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-chhiú
- Tâi-lô: kiak-tshiú
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiakchiuo
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-chhiú
- Tâi-lô: kik-tshiú
- Phofsit Daibuun: kekchiuo
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) 棘手
- (literally) thorny
- (figuratively) difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly