手軟

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	soft; flexible
trad. (手軟)		手	軟
simp. (手软)		手	软
anagram		軟手／软手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuruǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄖㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² jyun⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-nńg / chhiú-núi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuruǎn [Phonetic: shóuruǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄖㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuruǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-juan³
    • Yale: shǒu-rwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouroan
    • Palladius: шоужуань (šoužuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² jyun⁵
    • Yale: sáu yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ jyːn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-nńg
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-nńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiwnngr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nŋ̍⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-núi
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-nuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiwnuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nuĩ⁵³/

Verb

手軟

1. to be limp or tired on one's hands

   收錢收到手軟 [Cantonese, trad.]
   收钱收到手软 [Cantonese, simp.]

   sau¹ cin^4-2 sau¹ dou³ sau² jyun⁵ [Jyutping]

   to collect payments to the extent that one's hands are tired

2. to be irresolute when firmness is needed; to be softhearted

Synonyms

• (to be softhearted): (Hokkien) 軟手／软手