選手

See also: 选手

Chinese

		to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (選手)		選	手
simp. (选手)		选	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuǎnshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sién-sú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soán-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuǎnshǒu [Phonetic: xuánshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuǎnshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan³-shou³
    • Yale: sywǎn-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuanshoou
    • Palladius: сюаньшоу (sjuanʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun² sau²
    • Yale: syún sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn² sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun² seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sién-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien` su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian³ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en³¹ su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: suán-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafnchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 選手

1. player; participant (of a sport or other competition)

   明星選手／明星选手  ―  míngxīng xuǎnshǒu  ―  star player

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
選	手
せん Grade: 4	しゅ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

選(せん)手(しゅ) • (senshu) 

1. player, at variety of sports, or games.
   • 1920, 牧野信一, 初夏:

     河田(かわだ)と私(わたし)とは学校(がっこう)の野球(やきゅう)の選手(せんしゅ)でした。

     Kawada to watashi to wa gakkō no yakyū no senshu deshita.

     Kawada and I were baseball players at our school.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
選	手

Noun

選手 • (seonsu) (hangeul 선수)

1. hanja form^? of 선수 (“player”)