無所措手

Chinese

		not have	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	put in order; arrange; administer put in order; arrange; administer; execute; take action on	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (無所措手)		無	所	措	手
simp. (无所措手)		无	所	措	手
Literally: “don't know how to move one's hands”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúsuǒcuòshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ so² cou³ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúsuǒcuòshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúsuǒcuòshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-so³-tsʻo⁴-shou³
    • Yale: wú-swǒ-tswò-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wusuootsuohshoou
    • Palladius: усоцошоу (usocošou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ so² cou³ sau²
    • Yale: mòuh só chou sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ so² tsou³ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ so² cou³ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³³ sɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

無所措手

1. Synonym of 無所措手足 / 无所措手足 (wú suǒ cuò shǒu zú, “to be at a loss as to what to do”)