素手

Chinese

		plain; element	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (素手)		素	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sùshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sùshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴-shou³
  - Yale: sù-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhshoou
  - Palladius: сушоу (sušou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Middle Chinese: suH syuwX

Rime
Character	素	手
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	桑故切	書九切
Baxter	suH	syuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suo^H/	/ɕɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/suo^H/	/ɕiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/so^H/	/ɕiəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɔ^H/	/ɕuw^X/
Li Rong	/so^H/	/ɕiu^X/
Wang Li	/su^H/	/ɕĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/suo^H/	/ɕi̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sù	shǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou³	sau²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤak-s n̥uʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*saːs hnjɯwʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	素	手
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sù	shǒu
Middle Chinese	‹ su^H ›	‹ syuw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ˁak-s/	/*n̥uʔ/
English	white silk	hand
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	素	手
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12099	11665
Phonetic component	素	手
Rime group	魚	幽
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	訴	首
Old Chinese	/*saːs/	/*hnjɯwʔ/

Noun

素手

(literary, usually of women) white hand
Coordinate term: 素足 (sùzú)
- 娥娥紅粉妝，纖纖出素手。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  娥娥红粉妆，纤纤出素手。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: circa 2nd century, Anonymous, Second of the Nineteen Old Poems, translated by Wang Rongpei（汪榕培）
  É'é hóngfěn zhuāng, xiānxiān chū sùshǒu. [Pinyin]
  Bright, bright beams her rouged face;
  Soft, soft are her pale-skinned hands.
- 攘袖見素手，皓腕約金環。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  攘袖见素手，皓腕约金环。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 220~226, 曹植 (Cao Zhi),《美女篇》, transl. Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang
  Rǎng xiù xiàn sùshǒu, hàowàn yuē jīn huán. [Pinyin]
  How white her hands as she bares her arms,
  A gold bracelet round her wrist!
- 鳴箏金粟柱，素手玉房前。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  鸣筝金粟柱，素手玉房前。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: circa 8th century, 李端 (Lǐ Duān),《聽箏》, translated by Ying Sun
  Míngzhēng jīnsùzhù, sùshǒu yùfáng qián. [Pinyin]
  Music comes from a zither with gold string posts.
  Her pale hands in the jade room are impressive most.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
素	手
す Grade: 5	て > で Grade: 1
on'yomi	kun'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sɨde̞]

Noun

素(す)手(で) • (sude)

having nothing in hand
素手(すで)で掴(つか)む
sude de tsukamu
to catch barehanded

カエルを素手(すで)で触(さわ)る
kaeru o sude de sawaru
to touch a frog with the bare hands
1. unarmed; without weapons
2. without gifts (when visiting someone)

See also

手(て)ぶら (tebura)