拍手

拍手

Chinese

		to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (拍手)		拍	手
Literally: “to clap hands”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāishǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phok-sú
• Min Nan (POJ): phah-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pāishǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paishoou
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paak³ sau²
    • Yale: paak sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pag³ seo²
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰäːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phok-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: pog` su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pog⁵ su³
    • IPA: /pʰok̚² su³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: phah-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phahchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/

Verb

拍手

1. to applaud
2. to clap one's hands

Synonyms

• 鼓掌 (gǔzhǎng)
• (Min Nan) 拍噗仔 (phah-pho̍k-á), 拍噗, 拍匹噗仔

Derived terms

拍手稱快／拍手称快

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拍手):

• → Japanese: 拍手 (はくしゅ) (hakushu)
• → Korean: 박수 (拍手, baksu)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
拍	手
はく Grade: S	しゅ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) は​くしゅ [háꜜkùshù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊ᵝɕɨᵝ]

Noun

拍手 (hiragana はくしゅ, rōmaji hakushu)

1. applause

Verb

拍手する (hiragana はくしゅする, rōmaji hakushu suru)

1. to clap, to applaud

Conjugation

Conjugation of "拍手する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	拍手し	はくしゅし	hakushu shi
Continuative (連用形)	拍手し	はくしゅし	hakushu shi
Terminal (終止形)	拍手する	はくしゅする	hakushu suru
Attributive (連体形)	拍手する	はくしゅする	hakushu suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	拍手すれ	はくしゅすれ	hakushu sure
Imperative (命令形)	拍手せよ¹ 拍手しろ²	はくしゅせよ¹ はくしゅしろ²	hakushu seyo¹ hakushu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	拍手される	はくしゅされる	hakushu sareru
Causative	拍手させる 拍手さす	はくしゅさせる はくしゅさす	hakushu saseru hakushu sasu
Potential	拍手できる	はくしゅできる	hakushu dekiru
Volitional	拍手しよう	はくしゅしよう	hakushu shiyō
Negative	拍手しない	はくしゅしない	hakushu shinai
Negative continuative	拍手せず	はくしゅせず	hakushu sezu
Formal	拍手します	はくしゅします	hakushu shimasu
Perfective	拍手した	はくしゅした	hakushu shita
Conjunctive	拍手して	はくしゅして	hakushu shite
Hypothetical conditional	拍手すれば	はくしゅすれば	hakushu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
拍	手

Noun

拍手 • (baksu) (hangeul 박수)

1. Hanja form^? of 박수 (“applause”).