左手交右手

Chinese

		left hand	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	right hand
simp. and trad. (左手交右手)		左手	交	右手
Literally: “to transfer from the left hand to the right hand”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuǒshǒu jiāo yòushǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² sau² gaau¹ jau⁶ sau²

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒshǒu jiāo yòushǒu [Phonetic: zuóshǒujiāoyòushǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒshǒu jiao yòushǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tso³-shou³ chiao¹ yu⁴-shou³
    • Yale: dzwǒ-shǒu jyāu yòu-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuooshoou jiau yowshoou
    • Palladius: цзошоу цзяо юшоу (czošou czjao jušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo² sau² gaau¹ jau⁶ sau²
    • Yale: jó sáu gāau yauh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² sau² gaau¹ jau⁶ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo² seo² gao¹ yeo⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯²² sɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

左手交右手

1. (derogatory) to transfer benefits within the same party or between parties with common interests