橫手

Chinese

Etymology 1

		unruly; horizontal; across unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (橫手)		橫	手
simp. (横手)		横	手

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waang⁴ sau²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waang⁴ sau²
    • Yale: wàahng sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waang⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wang⁴ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːŋ²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

橫手

1. (Cantonese) improper means; underhand tactic

   使橫手／使横手 [Cantonese]  ―  sai² waang⁴ sau² [Jyutping]  ―  to use underhand tactics

Etymology 2

		unruly; horizontal; across unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (橫手)		橫	手
simp. (横手)		横	手

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 横手 (Yokote).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Héngshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Héngshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Héngshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: Hêng²-shou³
    • Yale: Héng-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herngshoou
    • Palladius: Хэншоу (Xɛnšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

橫手

1. (～市) Yokote (a city in Akita Prefecture, Japan)