束手無策

束手無策

See also: 束手无策

Chinese

		to be helpless; to have one's hands tied	to have no solution; to have no measure
trad. (束手無策)		束手	無策
simp. (束手无策)		束手	无策

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùshǒuwúcè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ sau² mou⁴ caak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shùshǒuwúcè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄜˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhshoouwutseh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u³⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cuk¹ sau² mou⁴ caak³
    • Yale: chūk sáu mòuh chaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ sau² mou⁴ tsaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ seo² mou⁴ cag³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚³/

Idiom

束手無策

1. to be at a loss what to do; to feel helpless in the face of some difficulty