手腕

手腕

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	wrist
trad. (手腕)		手	腕
simp. #(手腕)		手	腕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuwàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² wun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-vón
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiú-oán / chhiú-óaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuwàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuwàn
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-wan⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwann
    • Palladius: шоувань (šouvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ wän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² wun²
    • Yale: sáu wún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² wun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² wun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ wuːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-vón
    • Hakka Romanization System: su` von`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su³ von³
    • Sinological IPA: /su³¹ von³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-oán
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-uán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiwoarn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-óaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-uánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'voar
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uã⁴¹/

Noun

手腕

1. wrist
2. (derogatory) trick; trickery; strategy; artifice
3. finesse; ability; skill; knack

Synonyms

• (wrist): 手腕子 (shǒuwànzi); (Taishanese) 手眼; (Teochew) 手目
• (trick): 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• (finesse):

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Synonyms of 手腕

一手 (yīshǒu) 人才 (réncái) 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds) 力量 (lìliàng) 功力 (gōnglì) 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts) 手段 (shǒuduàn) 手法 (shǒufǎ) 手眼 (shǒuyǎn) 手腕子 (Xiang) 才具 (cáijù) (formal) 才力 (cáilì) 才器 (cáiqì) (literary) 才情 (cáiqíng) 才能 (cáinéng) 技巧 (jìqiǎo) 技能 (jìnéng) 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal) 本事 (běnshì)

能力 (nénglì) 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial) 能量 (néngliàng) 身手 (shēnshǒu) 道行 (dàohéng) 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary) 兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu) 才幹／才干 (cáigàn) 才華／才华 (cáihuá) 技藝／技艺 (jìyì) 技術／技术 (jìshù) 招數／招数 (zhāoshù) 本領／本领 (běnlǐng) 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese) 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal) 著數／着数 (zhāoshù) 解數／解数 (xièshù) 資力／资力 (zīlì) 路數／路数 (lùshù)

Derived terms

耍手腕 (shuǎ shǒuwàn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
手	腕
しゅ Grade: 1	わん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅ​わん [shúꜜwàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• (Tokyo) しゅわん [shùwáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝɰᵝã̠ɴ]

Noun

手(しゅ)腕(わん) • (shuwan) ^{←しゆわん (syuwan)?}

1. skill; ability; talent

References

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