選手

選手

See also: 选手

Chinese

		to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (選手)		選	手
simp. (选手)		选	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuǎnshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sién-sú
• Min Nan (POJ): soán-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuǎnshǒu [Phonetic: xuánshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuanshoou
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun² sau²
    • Yale: syún sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn² sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun² seo²
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕyːn³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sién-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien` su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian³ su³
    • IPA: /ɕi̯en³¹ su³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: suán-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafnchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/

Noun

選手

1. player; participant (of a sport or other competition)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
選	手
せん Grade: 4	しゅ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

選手 (hiragana せんしゅ, rōmaji senshu)

1. player, at variety of sports, or games.
   • 1920, 牧野信一, 初夏:

     河田 (かわだ)と私 (わたし)とは学 (がっ)校 (こう)の野 (や)球 (きゅう)の選 (せん)手 (しゅ)でした。

     Kawada to watashi to wa gakkō no yakyū no senshu deshita.

     Kawada and I were baseball players at our school.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
選	手

Noun

選手 • (seonsu) (hangeul 선수)

1. Hanja form^? of 선수 (“player”).