手襪

手襪

See also: 手袜

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	socks; stockings
trad. (手襪)		手	襪
simp. (手袜)		手	袜

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² mat⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² mat⁶
    • Yale: sáu maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² med⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ mɐt̚²/

Noun

手襪

1. (Cantonese) glove; mitten

   • 梁玉銀在燈下織手襪；那些手襪是從襪廠領回來的。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     梁玉银在灯下织手袜；那些手袜是从袜厂领回来的。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1962, 舒巷城, 太陽下山了

     Loeng⁴ juk⁶ ngan⁴ zoi⁶ dang¹ haa⁶ zik¹ sau² mat⁶; naa⁵ se¹ sau² mat⁶ si⁶ cung⁴ mat⁶ cong² ling⁵ wui⁴ loi⁴ dik¹. [Jyutping]

     Yuk Ngan Leung was knitting mittens under the light. Those mittens were taken from the sock factory.