新手

新手

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (新手)		新	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sau²
• Min Nan (POJ): sin-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīnshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshoou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinshǒu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: san¹ sau²
    • Yale: sān sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 新手 身手

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: sin-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/

Noun

新手

1. beginner; novice; newcomer

   新手指南  ―  xīnshǒu zhǐnán  ―  beginner's guide

Synonyms

• (slang) 菜鳥／菜鸟 (càiniǎo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	手
あら Grade: 2	て Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 新 (ara, “new”, root stem of adjective 新た arata, “new”; cognate with obsolete verb 生る aru, “to appear, to become manifest”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand; -er, someone who does something”). Compare the English expressions new hand, old hand.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あらて [àráté] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ɾa̠te̞]

Noun

新手 (hiragana あらて, rōmaji arate)

1. beginner, novice, newcomer, reinforcements
2. a new method, a new way of doing something

Antonyms

• (beginner): 古手 (ふるて) (furute)

References

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