手欠
Chinese
| hand; convenient; ‑er | deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn | ||
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| simp. and trad. (手欠) |
手 | 欠 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuqiàn
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuciàn
- Wade–Giles: shou3-chʻien4
- Yale: shǒu-chyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouchiann
- Palladius: шоуцянь (šoucjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Adjective
手欠
- (colloquial) having a habitually overactive pair of hands which often touch and play with things at inappropriate times, and accidentally break them or otherwise cause trouble
- 昨天手機提示更新，我一時手欠，導致了手機恢復系統，數據全部丟失。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2016, 世间可能没有那么多的久别重逢
- Zuótiān shǒujī tíshì gēngxīn, wǒ yīshí shǒuqiàn, dǎozhì le shǒujī huīfù xìtǒng, shùjù quánbù diūshī. [Pinyin]
- My hands were playing up when I saw the reminder of updates on my phone yesterday. So my phone has now been rebooted, and all the data was lost.
昨天手机提示更新，我一时手欠，导致了手机恢复系统，数据全部丢失。 [MSC, simp.]- 你這孩子真手欠，你看你這麼一鼓搗，鐘不走了不是？ [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
- From: Comprehensive Dictionary of Chinese Dialects (漢語方言大詞典)
- Nǐ zhè háizi zhēn shǒuqiàn, nǐ kàn nǐ zhème yī gǔdao, zhōng bù zǒu le bùshì? [Pinyin]
- You are such a troublemaker (who's got a pair of misbehaving hands)! The clock is now broken after you played with it.
你这孩子真手欠，你看你这么一鼓捣，钟不走了不是？ [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]
Synonyms
See also
- 嘴欠 (zuǐqiàn, “having a misbehaving mouth”)