手勢

See also: 手势

Chinese

	hand; convenient; ‑er	power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence
trad. (手勢)	手	勢
simp. (手势)	手	势
anagram	勢手／势手

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒushì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² sai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-se
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-sè / chhiú-sì

(Teochew, Peng'im): ciu² si³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒushì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒushìh
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-shih⁴
  - Yale: shǒu-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushyh
  - Palladius: шоуши (šouši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    守勢 / 守势
    手勢 / 手势
    首事
    首飾 / 首饰
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sau² sai³
  - Yale: sáu sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sɐi̯³³/
  - Homophones:
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    守勢 / 守势
    手勢 / 手势
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-se
  - Hakka Romanization System: su^ˋ se
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su³ se⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /su³¹ se⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-sè
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiwsex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-sì
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiwsix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ciu² si³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiú sì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻³⁵ si²¹³/

Noun

手勢

gesture; hand signal
打手勢／打手势 ― dǎ shǒushì ― to make a gesture

可以做一下手勢給我看嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
可以做一下手势给我看吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Kěyǐ zuò yīxià shǒushì gěi wǒ kàn ma? [Pinyin]
Could you make a gesture for me?
(Cantonese) skill of one's handicraft
(Cantonese) luck at gambling

Synonyms

手式 (shǒushì)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-sì

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-sì
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiwsix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/

Noun

手勢

(Southern Min) luck at gambling, cards, etc.
(Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) fortune (usually from raising poultry)