手足

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Chinese

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hand; convenient; ‑er foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad.
(手足)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (26) (13) (13)
Final () (136) (24) (8)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter syuwX tsjuH tsjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕɨuX/ /t͡sɨoH/ /t͡sɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiuX/ /t͡sioH/ /t͡siok̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕiəuX/ /t͡sioH/ /t͡siok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕuwX/ /t͡suə̆H/ /t͡suawk̚/
Li
Rong
/ɕiuX/ /t͡sioH/ /t͡siok̚/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭəuX/ /t͡sĭuH/ /t͡sĭwok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯ə̯uX/ /t͡si̯uH/ /t͡si̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shǒu zu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sau2 zeoi3 zuk1

Noun

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手足

  1. (literally) hands and feet
  2. (figurative, literary) parts of the same body; people who are inseparable or intimately connected
  3. (figurative) brothers
  4. (figurative) accomplices; retinue; henchmen
  5. (neologism, HK politics) fellow Hong Kong protestors

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
あし
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(あし) (teashi

  1. hands and feet, arms and legs, limbs
  2. someone who waits on hand and foot or is at someone's beck and call
    社長(しゃちょう)手足(てあし)となって(はたら)きます。
    Shachō no teashi to natte hatarakimasu.
    In my work I wait on the president hand and foot.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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手足 (sujok) (hangeul 수족)

  1. hanja form? of 수족