手絹

See also: 手绢

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	thick but loosely woven silk
trad. (手絹)		手	絹
simp. (手绢)		手	绢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒujuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² gyun³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-kìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒujuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujyuàn
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-chüan⁴
  - Yale: shǒu-jywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujiuann
  - Palladius: шоуцзюань (šouczjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (手絹兒 / 手绢儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒujuànr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄩㄢˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujyuànr
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-chüan⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: shǒu-jywànr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujiuall
  - Palladius: шоуцзюаньр (šouczjuanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² gyun³
  - Yale: sáu gyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² gyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² gün³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ kyːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-kìn
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-kìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'kixn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin²¹/

Noun

手絹

handkerchief (piece of cloth carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 手帕 (“handkerchief”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手帕, 手絹, 手巾
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	手絹兒, 娟子
	Taiwan	手帕
	Harbin	手絹兒, 鼻渟手巾 of children
	Singapore	手巾
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	手絹, 手絹兒, 手巾, 小手巾兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小手巾兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	手帕兒
	Wanrong	手帕, 擦鼻子手巾
	Xi'an	手帕兒
	Xining	尕手巾
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	手帕
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	手巾子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	帕帕子, 手絹兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	手帕, 手帕子, 手巾, 手絹兒, 帕帕兒, 手巾兒
	Wuhan	手袱子, 袱子, 小手巾
	Guiyang	帕子, 手袱子 dated
	Liuzhou	手帕, 手巾崽, 小手巾
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	手帕, 手勒兒
	Yangzhou	絹頭, 手捏子
	Hefei	小手巾
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手巾仔
	Hong Kong	手巾仔, 袋巾
	Taishan (Guanghai)	手巾仔
	Dongguan	手巾仔
	Yangjiang	手巾仔
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	揸巾
	Hepu (Shatian)	手巾兒, 手帛
	Beihai	手巾仔
	Beihai (Nankang)	揸巾仔
	Beihai (Yingpan)	手帕
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	揸巾, 手帕仔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	揸巾
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	揸巾
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	手巾仔
	Móng Cái	揸巾
	Mandalay (Taishan)	手巾仔
Gan	Nanchang	手捏子
Gan	Pingxiang	手巾, 鼻韌手巾 of children
Hakka	Meixian	手帕, 手巾, 細手帕, 細手巾仔, 手巾仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手帕
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手帕
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手帕
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手帕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手帕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手帕
Jin	Taiyuan	手絹兒, 片片, 絹絹
Jin	Xinzhou	小手巾
Northern Min	Jian'ou	帕仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手巾囝, 手巾, 汗巾
Southern Min	Xiamen	手巾, 手巾仔
	Quanzhou	手巾, 手巾仔
	Jinjiang	手巾仔
	Zhangzhou	手巾, 手巾仔
	Zhangpu	手巾仔
	Taipei	手巾仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	手巾仔
	Kaohsiung	手巾仔
	Yilan	手巾仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	手巾仔
	Taichung	手巾仔
	Tainan	手巾仔
	Hsinchu	手巾仔
	Kinmen	手巾
	Penghu (Magong)	手巾仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	手巾
	Manila (Hokkien)	手巾, 手巾仔
	Chaozhou	手布
	Shantou	手布
	Jieyang	手布
	Singapore (Teochew)	手布
	Haikou	手帕
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	手巾囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	手巾崽, 揸巾崽, 手布
Wu	Shanghai	絹頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	絹頭
	Suzhou	絹頭
	Danyang	手帕, 小手巾
	Hangzhou	帕兒
	Wenzhou	手巾
Xiang	Changsha	手帕, 小手巾
	Loudi	小手巾
	Shuangfeng	小手巾, 包巾子

Derived terms

丟手絹 / 丢手绢