打手

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (打手)		打	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): táⁿ-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎshǒu [Phonetic: dáshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-shou³
    • Yale: dǎ-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daashoou
    • Palladius: дашоу (dašou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎshǒur [Phonetic: dáshǒur]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎshǒur
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-shou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: dǎ-shǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daashooul
    • Palladius: дашоур (dašour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² sau²
    • Yale: dá sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tánn-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvafchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

打手

1. a hired thug; a goon; a hatchet man
2. (Cantonese) a shill; someone who is hired to endorse or promote something

   Synonyms: 水軍 / 水军 (shuǐjūn), 網絡水軍 / 网络水军 (wǎngluò shuǐjūn), 網軍 / 网军 (wǎngjūn)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 拍手