裸足

Chinese

		naked	foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad. (裸足)		裸	足

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luǒzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luǒzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luǒzú
    • Wade–Giles: lo³-tsu²
    • Yale: lwǒ-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luootzwu
    • Palladius: лоцзу (loczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/

Noun

裸足

1. bare foot

Verb

裸足

1. to be barefoot

Japanese

Kanji in this term
裸	足
はだし
Grade: S	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
跣足 (dated) 跣 (uncommon)

Etymology

Compound of 肌 (hada, “skin”) +‎ 足 (ashi, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はだし [hàdáshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠da̠ɕi]

Adjective

裸足(はだし) • (hadashi) 

1. barefoot
2. (suffixed, referring to a professional) superior to

   専門家(せんもんか)裸足(はだし)

   senmonka hadashi

   superior than experts

   (literally, “even the experts are nowhere near the level of expertise [of the person]”)

Derived terms

• 裸足(はだし)で逃(に)げる (hadashi de nigeru)

References

• “〈裸足〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026