冇手

Chinese

Etymology 1

		not have (dialectal)	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (冇手)		冇	手
simp. #(冇手)		冇	手
alternative forms		無手／无手

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ sau²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ sau²
    • Yale: móuh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ sɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

冇⫽手 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to not have free or empty hands

   我冇手拎餸。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我冇手拎𩠌。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ mou⁵ sau² ling¹ sung³. [Jyutping]

   My hands are not free to carry the groceries.

Etymology 2

		hollow; empty; casual hollow; empty; casual; extravagant; generous	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (冇手)		冇	手
simp. #(冇手)		冇	手
alternative forms		怕手

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phàⁿ-chhiú

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàⁿ-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: phànn-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvarchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰã¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰã²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Adjective

冇手

1. (Hokkien) generous; magnanimous

Synonyms

• 大方 (dàfāng)
• 慷慨 (kāngkǎi)
• (Hokkien) 大派, 看手, 闊手／阔手
• (Wu) 四海