分手

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (分手)		分	手
simp. ^#(分手)		分	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēnshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ sau²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hun-chhiú

(Teochew, Peng'im): bung¹ ciu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēnshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fenshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: fên¹-shou³
  - Yale: fēn-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenshoou
  - Palladius: фэньшоу (fɛnʹšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēnshǒur
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣㄕㄡˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fenshǒur
  - Wade–Giles: fên¹-shou³-ʼrh
  - Yale: fēn-shǒur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenshooul
  - Palladius: фэньшоур (fɛnʹšour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan¹ sau²
  - Yale: fān sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: hun-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hunchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bung¹ ciu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pung tshiú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiu⁵²/

Verb

分手

to part; to become separated
(specifically) to break up; to end a relationship; to separate
女友鬧分手／女友闹分手 ― nǚyǒu nào fēnshǒu ― [the/my] girlfriend wants to break up

不要開口閉口說分手。 [MSC, trad.]
不要开口闭口说分手。 [MSC, simp.]
Bùyào kāikǒubìkǒu shuō fēnshǒu. [Pinyin]
Don't talk about breaking up all the time.

Synonyms

分 (fēn)
分開／分开 (fēnkāi)
吹 (chuī)

Dialectal synonyms of 分手 (“to break up; to end a romantic relationship; to separate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		分手
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	分手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	分手, 掟煲, 甩拖
	Hong Kong	分手, 掟煲, 甩拖, 散
	Dongguan	掟煲

Derived terms

分手費 / 分手费