拱手

Chinese

		fold hands in salute; to arch	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (拱手)		拱	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒngshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung² sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kióng-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒngshǒu [Phonetic: góngshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒngshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kung³-shou³
    • Yale: gǔng-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goongshoou
    • Palladius: гуншоу (gunšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung² sau²
    • Yale: gúng sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung² sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung² seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kióng-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: kióng-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiofngchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Verb

拱手

1. (literary, literally) to clasp one's hands in front of one's chest as a gesture of courtesy; to perform a cupped-hand salute

Synonyms

• (literary) 斂手／敛手 (liànshǒu)

Adverb

拱手

1. (literary, figuratively) easily; without difficulty; without resistance