援手

Chinese

		to help; to assist; to aid	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (援手)		援	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁴ sau² / jyun⁴ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-shou³
    • Yale: ywán-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshoou
    • Palladius: юаньшоу (juanʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁴ sau² / jyun⁴ sau²
    • Yale: wùhn sáu / yùhn sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁴ sau² / jyn⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁴ seo² / yun⁴ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/, /jyːn²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

援手

1. to render assistance (in times of distress); to rescue; to provide relief

Synonyms

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• 周濟 / 周济 (zhōujì)
• 成濟 / 成济 (chéngjì) (literary)
• 拯救 (zhěngjiù)
• 挽救 (wǎnjiù)
• 接助 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 接濟 / 接济 (jiējì)
• 搭救 (dājiù)
• 搶救 / 抢救 (qiǎngjiù)
• 救 (jiù)
• 救助 (jiùzhù)
• 救拯 (jiùzhěng) (literary)
• 救援 (jiùyuán)
• 救濟 / 救济 (jiùjì)
• 營救 / 营救 (yíngjiù)
• 補救 / 补救 (bǔjiù)
• 解救 (jiějiù)
• 馳援 / 驰援 (chíyuán) (to rush to the rescue)

 

Noun

援手

1. (literary) help; assistance; aid; support

   • 歐盟考慮向航空業伸出援手 [MSC, trad.]
     欧盟考虑向航空业伸出援手 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2003 March 27, BBC Chinese

     ōuméng kǎolǜ xiàng hángkōng yè shēnchū yuánshǒu [Pinyin]

     The EU considers extending help to the aviation industry

Synonyms

• 援助 (yuánzhù)