新手

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (新手)		新	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sau²
Min Nan (POJ): sin-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīnshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshoou
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: san¹ sau²
  - Yale: sān sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ seo²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    新手
    身手
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: sin-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/

Noun

新手

beginner; novice; newcomer

Synonyms

菜鳥／菜鸟 (càiniǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	手
あら Grade: 2	て Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 新 (ara, “new”, root stem of adjective 新た arata, “new”; cognate with obsolete verb 生る aru, “to appear, to become manifest”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand; -er, someone who does something”). Compare the English expressions new hand, old hand.

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あらて [àráté] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [a̠ɾa̠te̞]

Noun

新手 (hiragana あらて, rōmaji arate)

beginner, novice, newcomer
a new method, a new way of doing something

Antonyms

(beginner): 古手 (ふるて) (furute)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN