束手就擒

束手就擒

Chinese

		to be helpless; to have one's hands tied	to be caught; to be arrested
simp. and trad. (束手就擒)		束手	就擒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùshǒujiùqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ sau² zau⁶ kam⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): sok-chhiú-chiū-khîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shùshǒujiùqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhshooujiowchyn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cuk¹ sau² zau⁶ kam⁴
    • Yale: chūk sáu jauh kàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ sau² dzau⁶ kam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ seo² zeo⁶ kem⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯²² kʰɐm²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-chhiú-chiū-khîm
    • Tâi-lô: sok-tshiú-tsiū-khîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokchiwciuxqiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu²²⁻²¹ kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiu⁴¹⁻²² kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu²²⁻²¹ kʰim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu³³⁻¹¹ kʰim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu³³⁻²¹ kʰim²³/

Idiom

束手就擒

1. to have one's hands tied and wait to be captured