手段

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	paragraph; section; segment
simp. and trad. (手段)		手	段

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuduàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² dyun⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-thon
Min Nan (POJ): chhiú-tōaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒuduàn → shǒuduan (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ → ㄕㄡˇ ˙ㄉㄨㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoou.duann
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tu̯a̠n⁵¹/ → /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴ d̥u̯a̠n⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² dyun⁶
  - Yale: sáu dyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² dün⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ tyːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-thon
  - Hakka Romanization System: su` ton
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su³ ton⁴
  - IPA: /su³¹ tʰon⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-tōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-tuānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'dvoa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuã³³/

Noun

手段

procedure; method; means (to an end)
skill; ability; technique
(pejorative) trick; strategy; artifice

使手段 ― shǐ shǒuduàn ― to resort to artifices

Derived terms

不擇手段／不择手段 (bùzéshǒuduàn)
卑劣手段
大手段

強硬手段／强硬手段
銜接手段／衔接手段 (xiánjiē shǒuduàn)
高壓手段／高压手段

See also

辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
方法 (fāngfǎ)
方式 (fāngshì)
途徑／途径 (tújìng)
作法 (zuòfǎ)
做法 (zuòfǎ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手	段
しゅ Grade: 1	だん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

手段 (hiragana しゅだん, rōmaji shudan)

procedure; method; a means (to an end)

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