手軟

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	soft; flexible
trad. (手軟)		手	軟
simp. (手软)		手	软
anagram		軟手／软手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuruǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄖㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² jyun⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-nńg / chhiú-núi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuruǎn [Phonetic: shóuruǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄖㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuruǎn
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-juan³
  - Yale: shǒu-rwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouroan
  - Palladius: шоужуань (šoužuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² jyun⁵
  - Yale: sáu yúhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² jyn⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² yun⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ jyːn¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-nńg
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-nńg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiwnngr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nŋ̍⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nŋ̍⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-núi
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-nuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiwnuie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nuĩ⁵³/

Verb

手軟

to be limp or tired on one's hands
收錢收到手軟 [Cantonese, trad.]
收钱收到手软 [Cantonese, simp.]
sau¹ cin^4-2 sau¹ dou³ sau² jyun⁵ [Jyutping]
to collect payments to the extent that one's hands are tired
to be irresolute when firmness is needed; to be softhearted

Synonyms

(to be softhearted): (Hokkien) 軟手／软手