徒手

徒手

Chinese

		apprentice; disciple	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (徒手)		徒	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): túshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thù-sú
• Min Nan (POJ): tô͘-chhiú
• Wu (Wiktionary): du seu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: túshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twushoou
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ sau²
    • Yale: tòuh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ seo²
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thù-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: tuˇ su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tu² su³
    • IPA: /tʰu¹¹ su³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tôo-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dochiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: du seu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /d̻v̩ʷ²² sɜ⁴⁴/

Adjective

徒手

1. bare-handed; unarmed

   古典舞徒手身韻 / 古典舞徒手身韵  ―  gǔdiǎnwǔ túshǒu shēnyùn  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (徒手):

• → Japanese: 徒 (と)手 (しゅ) (toshu)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
徒	手
と Grade: 4	しゅ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

徒手 (hiragana としゅ, rōmaji toshu)

1. State of being empty-handed, being bare-handed.

   徒 (と)手 (しゅ)格闘 (かくとう)

   toshu kakutō

   hand-to-hand combat

2. State of being penniless, having no money.

   徒 (と)手 (しゅ)空 (くう)拳 (けん)で事 (じ)業 (ぎょう)を始 (はじ)める

   toshu kūken de jigyō o hajimeru

   start a project with no capital