袖手

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Chinese

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sleeve hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad.
(袖手)
anagram 手袖

Pronunciation

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Verb

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袖手

  1. to put one's hands into the sleeves
  2. to take a do-nothing attitude; to look on

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しゅう
Grade: S
しゅ
Grade: 1

Etymology

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From Chinese 袖手 (xiùshǒu). Attested from the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しゅう)(しゅ) (shūshu

  1. idleness, lack of initiative, (literally) drawing one's hands into one's sleeves

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN