下毒手

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	poison; narcotics	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (下毒手)		下	毒	手
simp. #(下毒手)		下	毒	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàdúshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ duk⁶ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hē-to̍k-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàdúshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàdúshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-tu²-shou³
    • Yale: syà-dú-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahdwushoou
    • Palladius: сядушоу (sjadušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tu³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ duk⁶ sau²
    • Yale: hah duhk sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ duk⁹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ dug⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² tʊk̚² sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-to̍k-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: hē-to̍k-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexdogchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²²⁻²¹ tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /he⁴¹⁻²² tɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /he²²⁻²¹ tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he³³⁻¹¹ tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³⁻²¹ tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Verb

下毒手

1. to duplicitously kill or attack (a person).
2. to betray or frame (a person) in an atrocious manner.

Synonyms

• 與手／与手 (yǔshǒu)