棘手

Chinese

		thorns	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (棘手)		棘	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kik¹ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiak-chhiú / kek-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíshǒu
    • 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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• 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/
• 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/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 棘手

1. (literally) thorny
2. (figuratively) difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly

Synonyms

• (difficult to handle): 刺手 (cìshǒu), 辣手 (làshǒu), 扎手 (zhāshǒu)