人手

人手

Chinese

		man; person; people	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (人手)		人	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-sú
• Min Nan (POJ): lîn-chhiú / jîn-chhiú / lâng-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rénshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshoou
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ sau²
    • Yale: yàhn sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ seo²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² su³
    • IPA: /ɲin¹¹ su³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linchiuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinchiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: lâng-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: langchiuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/

Noun

人手

1. human hand
2. manpower; staff

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	手
ひと Grade: 1	て > で Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

人 (hito, “human”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひとで [hìtódé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [çito̞de̞]

Noun

人手 (hiragana ひとで, rōmaji hitode)

1. person's hand, person's work
2. other's hand, other's property
3. other's power, other's help
4. working person, labour

人手 (hiragana ひとで, katakana ヒトデ, rōmaji hitode)

1. Alternative spelling of 海星 (“starfish”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN