一手

一手

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (一手)		一	手

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-sú
• Min Nan (POJ): chi̍t-chhiú / it-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīshǒu [Phonetic: yìshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishoou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishǒu
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (一手兒／一手儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīshǒur [Phonetic: yìshǒur]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishooul
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishǒur
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ sau²
    • Yale: yāt sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ seo²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: id` su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ su³
    • IPA: /it̚² su³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ su³
    • IPA: /(j)it̚² su³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-chhiú / it-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-tshiú / it-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cidchiuo, itchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /it̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/, /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /it̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /it̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/, /it̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/

Adverb

一手

1. single-handedly; all by oneself; all alone

Noun

一手

1. proficiency; skill
2. trick; move

Synonyms

• (skill):

edit

Synonyms of 一手

伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary) 兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu) 力量 (lìliàng) 功力 (gōnglì) 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts) 手段 (shǒuduàn) 手法 (shǒufǎ) 手眼 (shǒuyǎn) 手腕 (shǒuwàn) 才力 (cáilì) 才幹／才干 (cáigàn) 才情 (Min Nan) 才能 (cáinéng) 技巧 (jìqiǎo)

技能 (jìnéng) 技藝／技艺 (jìyì) 技術／技术 (jìshù) 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal) 本事 (běnshì) 本領／本领 (běnlǐng) 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese) 能力 (nénglì) 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal) 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial) 能量 (néngliàng) 解數／解数 (xièshù) 身手 (shēnshǒu) 道行 (dàohéng)

Derived terms

一手一足 一手交錢，一手交貨／一手交钱，一手交货 (yīshǒu jiāo qián, yīshǒu jiāo huò) 一手包攬／一手包揽 一手包辦／一手包办 (yīshǒubāobàn) 一手托兩家／一手托两家 (yīshǒu tuō liǎngjiā) 一手承運／一手承运

一手提拔 一手遮天 (yīshǒu zhē tiān) 一手難掩天下人耳目／一手难掩天下人耳目 有一手 (yǒuyīshǒu) 留一手 露一手 (lòu yīshǒu)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishoou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishǒu
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

一手

1. firsthand

   一手材料  ―  yīshǒu cáiliào  ―  firsthand information; primary source

   一手車 / 一手车  ―  yīshǒu chē  ―  firsthand vehicle

Coordinate terms

• 二手 (èrshǒu)