愛不釋手

See also: 爱不释手

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	not; no	explain; to release	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (愛不釋手)		愛	不	釋	手
simp. (爱不释手)		爱	不	释	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àibùshìshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ bat¹ sik¹ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ài-put-sek-chhiú / ài-put-sek-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àibùshìshǒu [Phonetic: àibúshìshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àibùshìhshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-pu⁴-shih⁴-shou³
    • Yale: ài-bù-shr̀-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aybushyhshoou
    • Palladius: айбушишоу (ajbušišou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi³ bat¹ sik¹ sau²
    • Yale: oi bāt sīk sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ bat⁷ sik⁷ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³ bed¹ xig¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-put-sek-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: ài-put-sik-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ae'putsekchiuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /ai¹¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai²¹⁻⁴¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-put-sek-siú
    • Tâi-lô: ài-put-sik-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ae'putseksiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁵³/

Idiom

愛不釋手

1. to love something too much to part with it