手形
Chinese
| hand; convenient; ‑er | to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (手形) |
手 | 形 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 手形 (tegata).
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-hêng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-hêng
- Tâi-lô: tshiú-hîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'heeng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
手形
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 支票 (“cheque”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 支票 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 支票 |
| Singapore | 支票 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 支票, 則紙 |
| Hong Kong | 支票, cheque | |
| Rongxian | 支票 | |
| Bangkok (Guangfu) | 支票, cheque | |
| Betong (Rongxian) | cheque | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 支票 |
| Jiexi | 支票 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 支票 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 支票 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 支票 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 支票 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 支票 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 支票, 錢票 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 支票 |
| Quanzhou | 支票 | |
| Zhangzhou | 支票 | |
| Zhao'an | 支票 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 支票, 手形 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 支票, 手形 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | cheque | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | cheque, 支票 | |
| Chaozhou | 支票 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 支票, cheque | |
| Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 銀行票, cheque | |
| Hat Yai (Teochew) | cheque | |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 支票 |
References
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “手形”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][1], volume 2 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 147
- “手形”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 手 | 形 |
| て Grade: 1 |
かた > がた Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
手形 • (tegata)