束手

Chinese

		bunch; (a measure word); to bind bunch; (a measure word); to bind; to control	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (束手)		束	手
anagram		手束

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-shou³
    • Yale: shù-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhshoou
    • Palladius: шушоу (šušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cuk¹ sau²
    • Yale: chūk sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: sok-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Verb

束手

1. to be helpless; to have one's hands tied

Derived terms

• 束手就擒 (shùshǒujiùqín)
• 束手就縛／束手就缚
• 束手待斃／束手待毙 (shùshǒu dàibì)
• 束手旁觀／束手旁观
• 束手束腳／束手束脚
• 束手無措／束手无措
• 束手無策／束手无策 (shùshǒuwúcè)