解手
Chinese
to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort |
hand; convenient; ‑er | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (解手) | 解 | 手 | |
| simp. #(解手) | 解 | 手 | |
| Literally: “untie oneself's hands”. | |||
Etymology
- “to defecate or urinate”
- From 解溲 (jiěsōu) (Luo, 1997).
- Folk etymology connects this to forced migration in early Ming dynasty, where people were tied up and sent to different provinces under escort. It was said that they needed to say this phrase to let the guards untie for them when they wanted to go to toilet.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai2 sau2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kái-chhiú
- Wu (Suzhou, Wugniu): 3ka 3seu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiěshǒu [Phonetic: jiéshǒu]
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiěshǒu
- Wade–Giles: chieh3-shou3
- Yale: jyě-shǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieeshoou
- Palladius: цзешоу (czešou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiěshǒur [Phonetic: jiéshǒur]
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiěshǒur
- Wade–Giles: chieh3-shou3-ʼrh
- Yale: jyě-shǒur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieeshooul
- Palladius: цзешоур (czešour)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gaai2 sau2
- Yale: gáai sáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaai2 sau2
- Guangdong Romanization: gai2 seo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːi̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-chhiú
- Tâi-lô: kái-tshiú
- Phofsit Daibuun: kaychiuo
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
Verb
解手
- (euphemistic, colloquial) to relieve oneself; to defecate or urinate
- (archaic) to part; to become separated
Synonyms
Noun
解手