人手

Chinese

		man; person; people	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (人手)		人	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sau²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngìn-sú

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngin² su³
Jin (Wiktionary): reng¹ sou²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lîn-chhiú / jîn-chhiú / lâng-chhiú

(Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁵ ciu²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnin-seu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-shou³
  - Yale: rén-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshoou
  - Palladius: жэньшоу (žɛnʹšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ sau²
  - Yale: yàhn sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngin^ˇ su^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² su³
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ su³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngin² su³
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ su³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: reng¹ sou²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʐəŋ¹¹ səu⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linchiuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinchiuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: lâng-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: langchiuo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nang⁵ ciu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng tshiú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnin-seu
  - MiniDict: nyin^去 seu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyin-seu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²² sɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

人手

human hand
manpower; staff
人手不夠。／人手不够。 ― Rénshǒu bùgòu. ― There is a lack of staff.

Synonyms

(manpower): (Hokkien) 跤數／跤数

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	手
ひと Grade: 1	て > で Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

人 (hito, “human”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひとで [hìtódé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çito̞de̞]

Noun

人(ひと)手(で) • (hitode)

person's hand, person's work
other's hand, other's property
other's power, other's help
working person, labour

Noun

人(ひと)手(で) or 人手(ヒトデ) • (hitode)

alternative spelling of 海星 (“starfish”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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