倒手

Chinese

		upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (倒手)		倒	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎoshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄕㄡˇ
Eastern Min (BUC): dō̤-chiū
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): do⁴ ciu³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tò-chhiú

(Teochew, Peng'im): do³ ciu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎoshǒu [Phonetic: dáoshǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎoshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: tao³-shou³
  - Yale: dǎu-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daoshoou
  - Palladius: даошоу (daošou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dō̤-chiū
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒieu³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: do⁴ ciu³ [Phonetic: do¹ liu³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)liu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: do⁴ ciu³ [Phonetic: do¹ liu³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)liu³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tò-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: tò-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doirchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: do³ ciu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tò tshiú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

倒手

to shift from one hand to another
(of merchandise) to change hands

Synonyms

(to change hands): 易手 (yìshǒu)

Noun

倒手

(Southern Min, Eastern Min, Puxian Min) left hand
(Wuhan Mandarin) left side; the left

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 左手 (“left hand”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		左手
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		左手
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	左手
	Taiwan	左手
	Harbin	左手
	Singapore	左手
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	左手
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	左手
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	左手, 反手
	Wanrong	左手
	Kaifeng	左手
	Xi'an	左手
	Xining	左手
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	左手
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	左手
	Wuhan	左手, 倒手, 反手
	Guiyang	左手
	Guilin	左手
	Liuzhou	左手
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	左手
	Yangzhou	左手
	Xinghua	反手
	Hefei	左手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	左手
	Hong Kong	左手
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	左手
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	左手
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	左手
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	左手
	Macau	左手
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	左手
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	左手
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	左手
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	左手
	Foshan	左手
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	左手
	Foshan (Shunde)	左手
	Foshan (Sanshui)	左手
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	左手
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	左手
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	左手
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	左手
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	左手
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	左手
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	左手
	Taishan	左手
	Kaiping (Chikan)	左手
	Enping (Niujiang)	左手
	Heshan (Yayao)	左手
	Dongguan	左手
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	左手
	Yangjiang	左手
	Beihai	左手
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	左手
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	左手
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	左手
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	左手
	Singapore (Guangfu)	左手
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	左手
	Móng Cái	左手
Gan	Nanchang	左手
	Lichuan	左手
	Pingxiang	左手
Hakka	Meixian	左手
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	左手
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	左手
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	左手
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	左手
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	左手
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	左手
	Wuhua (Changbu)	左手
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	左手
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	左手
	Jiexi	背手
	Luhe	左手
	Yudu	左手
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	左手
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	左手
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	左手
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	左手
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	左手
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	倒手
	Hong Kong	左手
	Sabah (Longchuan)	左手
	Senai (Huiyang)	左手
	Singkawang	左手
Huizhou	Jixi	左手, 反手
Jin	Taiyuan	左手
Jin	Xinzhou	左手
Northern Min	Jian'ou	反手, 小手, 左手
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	小邊手, 掏碗手, 倒手, 倒邊手
Eastern Min	Fuqing	倒邊手
Southern Min	Xiamen	倒手, 䆀手
	Quanzhou	倒手
	Yongchun	䆀手
	Zhangzhou	倒手, 䆀手
	Zhao'an	倒手
	Tainan	倒手
	Penang (Hokkien)	倒手
	Singapore (Hokkien)	倒手
	Manila (Hokkien)	倒手
	Chaozhou	倒手
	Shantou	倒手
	Shantou (Chenghai)	倒手
	Jieyang	倒手
	Haifeng	倒手
	Bangkok (Teochew)	倒手
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	倒手
	Singapore (Teochew)	倒手
	Leizhou	左爿手
	Wenchang	戇手, 葵手
	Haikou	戇手, 戇邊手, 戇排手, 左邊手, 左排手
	Qionghai	葵手
	Singapore (Hainanese)	戇手, 倒手
Puxian Min	Putian	倒手, 倒爿手
Puxian Min	Xianyou	倒手, 倒爿手
Central Min	Yong'an	左手, 背手
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	左手
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	左手
Wu	Shanghai	左手, 濟手
	Shanghai (Chongming)	濟手
	Suzhou	濟手, 左手
	Danyang	濟手
	Hangzhou	借手
	Ningbo	借手
	Wenzhou	左手, 反手
	Jinhua	借手
Xiang	Changsha	左手, 左手子
	Loudi	左手
	Shuangfeng	左手
	Hengyang	左手

Dialectal synonyms of 左邊 (“left side; the left”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		左
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		左邊, 左手邊, 左首, 左側, 左面
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	左邊兒
	Taiwan	左邊
	Harbin	左邊兒拉, 左手
	Singapore	左邊
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	左邊兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	左邊兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	左邊兒, 左面兒
	Wanrong	左挨
	Xi'an	左岸兒, 左邊兒, 左手
	Xining	左首, 左面, 左面兒, 左手
	Xuzhou	左邊, 左邊兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	左邊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	左面手
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	左邊兒, 左傍個
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	左邊, 左手邊, 左手
	Wuhan	左邊, 左手, 倒手
	Guiyang	左邊, 左手邊
	Liuzhou	左邊手
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	左邊
	Yangzhou	左首, 左邊
	Hefei	左邊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	左便, 左手便
	Hong Kong	左便, 左手便, 左邊, 左手邊
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	左手邊
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	左便
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	左邊
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	左邊
	Macau	左便
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	左便
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	左便
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	左便
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	左便
	Foshan	左便
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	左便
	Foshan (Shunde)	左便
	Foshan (Sanshui)	左便
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	左邊
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	左便
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	左便
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	左便
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	左便
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	左便
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	左邊
	Taishan	左便, 左邊
	Kaiping (Chikan)	左邊
	Enping (Niujiang)	左便
	Heshan (Yayao)	左便
	Dongguan	左便, 左手便, 左邊
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	左便
	Yangjiang	左便
	Singapore (Guangfu)	左便
Gan	Nanchang	左邊, 左首
	Lichuan	左邊, 左首
	Pingxiang	左邊, 左手邊, 左手
Hakka	Meixian	左片, 左手析
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	左邊
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	左邊
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	左邊
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	左邊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	左片
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	左片
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	左片
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	左片
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	左片
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	倒手裡
	Hong Kong	左手析
Huizhou	Jixi	左邊
Jin	Taiyuan	左半切
Jin	Xinzhou	左半兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	左邊, 反手, 反介, 左介, 反手一介塊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	小邊
Southern Min	Xiamen	倒爿, 倒手爿, 細爿
	Quanzhou	倒爿, 倒手爿
	Jinjiang	倒爿, 倒手爿, 細爿
	Zhangzhou	倒爿, 倒手爿
	Taipei	倒爿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	倒面
	Kaohsiung	倒爿
	Yilan	倒爿
	Changhua (Lukang)	倒爿
	Taichung	倒爿
	Tainan	倒面, 倒手爿
	Hsinchu	倒爿
	Kinmen	倒爿
	Penghu (Magong)	倒面
	Penang (Hokkien)	倒爿, 倒手爿
	Singapore (Hokkien)	倒爿, 倒手爿
	Manila (Hokkien)	倒爿, 倒手爿
	Chaozhou	倒手爿, 左爿
	Shantou	左爿, 倒手爿
	Jieyang	倒手爿, 倒手片, 左爿, 左片
	Haikou	左爿, 左邊手, 左爿手, 左邊身, 左爿身
Puxian Min	Putian	倒爿
Puxian Min	Xianyou	倒爿
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	左便
Wu	Shanghai	左面, 左邊, 左半爿
	Shanghai (Chongming)	濟手
	Suzhou	左面, 濟面
	Danyang	濟邊
	Hangzhou	左邊, 借手邊
	Ningbo	借手半邊
	Wenzhou	左手面, 左面
	Jinhua	借手面, 借面手, 左面, 左面手
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	小手邊爿
Xiang	Changsha	左邊
	Loudi	左手邊
	Shuangfeng	左邊

Derived terms

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “倒手”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 158.