束手

Chinese

		bunch; (a measure word); to bind bunch; (a measure word); to bind; to control	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (束手)		束	手
anagram		手束

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ sau²
Min Nan (POJ): sok-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shùshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhshoou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cuk¹ sau²
  - Yale: chūk sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ seo²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: sok-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sokchiuo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/

Verb

束手

to be helpless; to have one's hands tied

Derived terms

束手就擒 (shùshǒujiùqín)
束手就縛／束手就缚
束手待斃／束手待毙 (shùshǒu dàibì)
束手旁觀／束手旁观

束手束腳／束手束脚
束手無措／束手无措
束手無策／束手无策 (shùshǒuwúcè)

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