瘸手

Chinese

		lame	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (瘸手)		瘸	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quéshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiò-sú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khê-chhiú / khêr-chhiú / khôe-chhiú / kher-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quéshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuéshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh²-shou³
    • Yale: chywé-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyueshoou
    • Palladius: цюэшоу (cjuešou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiò-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: kioˇ su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kio² su³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯o¹¹ su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khê-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: khê-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qechiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêr-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: khêr-tshiú
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰə²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khôe-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: khuê-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoechiuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /kʰue²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰue²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen, Lukang, Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kher-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: kher-tshiú
    • IPA (Lukang): /kʰə³³ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kʰə⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Adjective

瘸手

1. crippled in the hand or arm
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative, derogatory) clumsy; awkward in one's movements

Synonyms

• (crippled in the hand or arm): (Cantonese) 跛手

References

• “Entry #13007”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.