打手銃

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	pistol; crude and rash
trad. (打手銃)		打	手銃
simp. (打手铳)		打	手铳
alternative forms		打手衝／打手冲 打手蟲／打手虫
Literally: “to fire a handgun”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ shǒuchòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄨㄥˋ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tá-sú-chhung

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ shǒuchòng [Phonetic: dáshǒuchòng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ shǒuchòng
    • Wade–Giles: ta³ shou³-chʻung⁴
    • Yale: dǎ shǒu-chùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa shoouchonq
    • Palladius: да шоучун (da šoučun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá-sú-chhung
    • Hakka Romanization System: da^ˋ su^ˋ cung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: da³ su³ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ su³¹ t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

打手銃

1. (figurative, informal) to jerk off; to masturbate (of a male)
   • 1705 [1657], 李漁 [Li Yu], chapter 4, in 《肉蒲團》 [The Carnal Prayer Mat]‎, volume 1, 青心閣, page 39:

     起先少年的時節。見這光景。也熬不住。常在暗地對着婦人打手銃。只當𫝌他幹事一般。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     起先少年的时节。见这光景。也熬不住。常在暗地对着妇人打手铳。只当与他干事一般。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     Qǐxiān shàonián de shíjié. Jiàn zhè guāngjǐng. Yě áobùzhù. Cháng zài àndì duìzhe fùrén dǎ shǒuchòng. Zhǐ dàng yǔ tā gànshì yībān. [Pinyin]

     At first when I was young, when I saw such a sight, I could not stand it. I would often secretly masturbate towards a woman, as if I were doing the deed with her.

Usage notes

See the usage note at 手銃.

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手淫, 自慰, 自瀆, 自撫, 自淫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	打手槍, 打槍, 尻槍, 尻手槍, 尻尻, 尻, 自慰, DIY
	Singapore	打手槍, 打飛機
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	擼鴨子, 擼管兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	打手銃
Cantonese	Hong Kong	打飛機, 打J, J, 打丁, 搵五姑娘, DIY
	Singapore (Guangfu)	打飛機
Hakka	Meixian	打手銃
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	打手銃, 打飛機
	Huidong (Daling)	打手銃
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	打水銃
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	摸𡳞
	Changting	打手銃
	Wuping	搞𡳞
	Wuping (Pingyu)	搞𡳞
	Liancheng	打手銃
	Yudu	打手銃
	Ruijin	打手銃
	Shangyou (Shexi)	打手銃
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打手銃
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打手槍
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	打手銃
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	打手銃
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	打手銃
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打手銃, 洩手銃
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打手銃
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打手銃, 洩手銃
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打手銃, 洩手銃
Jin	Pingyao	耍㞗兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𢫦草屩
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍手銃
	Quanzhou	拍手銃
	Zhangzhou	拍手銃
	Zhao'an	拍手銃
	Taipei (Wanhua)	拍手銃
	Kaohsiung	拍手銃
	Yilan	拍手銃
	Changhua (Lukang)	拍手銃
	Taichung	拍手銃
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拍手銃
	Tainan	拍手銃
	Taitung	拍手銃
	Hsinchu	拍手銃
	Penghu (Magong)	拍手銃
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍手銃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍手銃
	Manila (Hokkien)	拍手銃
	Jieyang	敲手銃
	Leizhou	拍手銃
Wu	Shanghai	搓卵 dated
	Ningbo	打手銃
Xiang	Loudi	打手銃

Dialectal synonyms of 手淫 (“(of a male) to masturbate; to jerk off”) [map]