手巾

手巾

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	towel
simp. and trad. (手巾)		手	巾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒujīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² gan¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiú-kun / chhiú-kin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǒujīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujin
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² gan¹
    • Yale: sáu gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² gen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-kun
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'kwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-kin
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'kyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/

Noun

手巾

1. (hand) towel
2. handkerchief
3. (Guanbao Cantonese) apron

Synonyms

• (handkerchief): 手帕 (shǒupà); (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan) 手巾仔

Dialectal synonyms of 圍裙 (“apron”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		圍裙
Mandarin	Beijing	圍裙
	Taiwan	圍裙
	Harbin	圍腰子, 圍裙
	Jinan	圍裙, 飯單
	Muping	圍裙
	Jiedian	苫裙子
	Ronghe	腰裙子
	Xi'an	圍裙子, 圍裙兒, 圍腰子
	Xining	護裙
	Xuzhou	圍裙
	Yinchuan	圍裙子, 圍裙
	Lanzhou	圍裙子
	Ürümqi	圍裙子
	Wuhan	圍裙, 圍腰
	Chengdu	圍腰
	Guiyang	圍腰
	Liuzhou	圍裙
	Yangzhou	圍裙
	Nanjing	圍裙, 圍腰
	Hefei	圍裙, 圍腰子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	圍裙
	Hong Kong	圍裙
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	圍裙
	Foshan	圍裙
	Shunde	圍裙
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	圍裙
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	圍裙
	Taishan	圍身
	Kaiping (Chikan)	圍身
	Dongguan	手巾, 圍裙
	Shaoguan	圍裙
	Yunfu	裙仔
	Yangjiang	兜肚, 圍兜
	Xinyi	圍裙
	Kuala Lumpur	圍裙
Gan	Nanchang	圍裙
	Lichuan	圍條
	Pingxiang	圍裙
Hakka	Meixian	圍身裙
	Yudu	幱裙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	圍身裙
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	圍身裙
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	圍身裙
	Dongshi (Dabu)	圍身裙
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	圍身裙
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	圍身裙, 圍裙
	Hong Kong	圍身
	Senai	圍裙
Huizhou	Jixi	腰布
	Shexian	腰布, 圍腰裙
	Tunxi	圍裙
Jin	Taiyuan	圍裙
	Xinzhou	圍裙子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	圍身裙, 圍裙
	Dikou	下攔仔
	Zhenqian	攔身
	Shibei	圍身裙
Min Dong	Fuzhou	圍身裙
	Fuqing	圍身裙
Min Nan	Xiamen	圍身裙, 圍垂裙, 圍身巾, 煮食裙仔, 油身裙, 圍軀裙
	Taipei	圍軀裙
	Kaohsiung	圍軀裙, 腰肚仔, 圍軀裙仔
	Tainan	圍軀裙, 煮食裙仔
	Taichung	圍軀裙仔, 圍軀裙
	Wuqi	圍軀裙
	Hsinchu	圍裙仔, 圍軀裙
	Taitung	圍巾
	Lukang	圍軀裙, 裙肚
	Sanxia	縖腰巾
	Yilan	圍軀裙仔
	Kinmen	圍軀裙, 圍巾
	Magong	下梭裙, 圍軀裙
	Chaozhou	圍腰布, 圍腰
	Johor Bahru	圍裙
	Haikou	裙腰
Puxian Min	Putian	裙囝, 掩裙
	Xianyou	裙囝, 圍身裙
Pinghua	Nanning	圍身裙, 圍裙
Wu	Shanghai	飯單, 圍身頭, 圍身
	Suzhou	圍身
	Hangzhou	圍腰, 圍身裙兒
	Wenzhou	圍身布
	Chongming	圍腰
	Danyang	圍裙
	Jinhua	圍裙
	Ningbo	布襴, 圍身布襴
Xiang	Changsha	圍裙子, 圍裙, 腰圍裙
	Shuangfeng	圍身布
	Loudi	圍腰, 圍身

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
手	巾
しゅ Grade: 1	きん Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

手巾 (hiragana しゅきん, rōmaji shukin)

1. (hand) towel

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Korean

Hanja in this term
手	巾

Noun

手巾 • (sugeon) (hangeul 수건)

1. Hanja form^? of 수건 (“towel”).