手足

Chinese

hand; convenient; ‑er foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad.
(手足)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (26) (13) (13)
Final () (136) (24) (8)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter syuwX tsjuH tsjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕɨuX/ /t͡sɨoH/ /t͡sɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiuX/ /t͡sioH/ /t͡siok̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕiəuX/ /t͡sioH/ /t͡siok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕuwX/ /t͡suə̆H/ /t͡suawk̚/
Li
Rong
/ɕiuX/ /t͡sioH/ /t͡siok̚/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭəuX/ /t͡sĭuH/ /t͡sĭwok̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯ə̯uX/ /t͡si̯uH/ /t͡si̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shǒu zu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sau2 zeoi3 zuk1

Noun

手足

  1. (literally) hands and feet
  2. (figurative, literary) parts of the same body; people who are inseparable or intimately connected
  3. (figurative) brothers; siblings
  4. (figurative) accomplices; retinue; henchmen
  5. (neologism, HK politics) fellow Hong Kong protestors

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 兄弟如手足,妻子如衣服 (xiōngdì rú shǒuzú, qīzǐ rú yīfu)
  • 兄弟手足
  • 好手足
  • 恩同手足
  • 情同手足
  • 情若手足
  • 手足之情
  • 手足之雅
  • 手足失措
  • 手足情深
  • 手足搐搦
  • 手足無措 / 手足无措 (shǒuzúwúcuò)
  • 手足異處 / 手足异处
  • 手足胼胝
  • 手足重繭 / 手足重茧
  • 啟手足 / 启手足
  • 斂手足 / 敛手足
  • 無所措手足 / 无所措手足 (wú suǒ cuò shǒu zú)
  • 無所錯手足 / 无所错手足 (wú suǒ cuò shǒu zú)
  • 視同手足 / 视同手足
  • 胼胝手足
  • 莫措手足
  • 親如手足 / 亲如手足
  • 親手足 / 亲手足
  • 親若手足 / 亲若手足

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
あし
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
しゅ
Grade: 1
そく
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あし [téꜜàshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • (Tokyo) しゅそく [shúꜜsòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [te̞a̠ɕi]
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨso̞kɯ̟]

Noun

()(あし) or (しゅ)(そく) • (teashi or shusoku

  1. hands and feet, arms and legs, limbs
  2. someone who waits on hand and foot or is at someone's beck and call
    社長(しゃちょう)手足(てあし)となって(はたら)きます。
    Shachō no teashi to natte hatarakimasu.
    In my work I wait on the president hand and foot.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

手足 • (sujok) (hangeul 수족)

  1. hanja form? of 수족