援手

Chinese

		to help; to assist; to aid	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (援手)		援	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁴ sau² / jyun⁴ sau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oān-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuánshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-shou³
  - Yale: ywán-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshoou
  - Palladius: юаньшоу (juanʹšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁴ sau² / jyun⁴ sau²
  - Yale: wùhn sáu / yùhn sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁴ sau² / jyn⁴ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁴ seo² / yun⁴ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/, /jyːn²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: uān-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaxnchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Verb

援手

to render assistance (in times of distress); to rescue; to provide relief

Synonyms

周濟 / 周济 (zhōujì)
存拯 (cúnzhěng) (Classical)
成濟 / 成济 (chéngjì) (literary)
拯救 (zhěngjiù)
挽救 (wǎnjiù)
接助 (Xiamen Hokkien)
接濟 / 接济 (jiējì)
搶救 / 抢救 (qiǎngjiù)
搭救 (dājiù)
救 (jiù)
救助 (jiùzhù)
救拯 (jiùzhěng) (literary)
救援 (jiùyuán)
救濟 / 救济 (jiùjì)
營救 / 营救 (yíngjiù)
補救 / 补救 (bǔjiù)
解救 (jiějiù)
馳援 / 驰援 (chíyuán) (to rush to the rescue)

Noun

援手

(literary) help; assistance; aid; support
- 歐盟考慮向航空業伸出援手 [MSC, trad.]
  欧盟考虑向航空业伸出援手 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2003 March 27, BBC Chinese
  ōuméng kǎolǜ xiàng hángkōng yè shēnchū yuánshǒu [Pinyin]
  The EU considers extending help to the aviation industry

Synonyms

援助 (yuánzhù)