一手

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (一手)		一	手

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-sú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-chhiú / chi̍t-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshǒu [Phonetic: yìshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishǒu
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shou³
    • Yale: yī-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishoou
    • Palladius: ишоу (išou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (一手兒／一手儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshǒur [Phonetic: yìshǒur]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishǒur
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: yī-shǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishooul
    • Palladius: ишоур (išour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ sau²
    • Yale: yāt sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: id` su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² su³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: it-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cidchiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Adverb

一手

1. single-handedly; all by oneself; all alone

Synonyms

• 一個人／一个人 (yīgèrén)
• 一家頭／一家头 (⁷iq-ka-deu) (Shanghainese)
• 單個／单个 (dāngè)
• 單獨／单独 (dāndú)
• 獨個／独个 (dúgè)
• 獨自／独自 (dúzì)
• 空身 (kōngshēn)
• 隻身／只身 (zhīshēn) (literary)

 

Noun

一手

1. proficiency; skill
2. trick; move

Synonyms

• (skill):

• 人才 (réncái)
• 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
• 俊才 (jùncái)
• 兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 功力 (gōnglì)
• 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
• 天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
• 才具 (cáijù) (formal)
• 才力 (cáilì)
• 才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
• 才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
• 才情 (cáiqíng)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 手法 (shǒufǎ)
• 手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
• 才能
• 手腕 (shǒuwàn)
• 手腕子 (shou³ onn³ zr) (Xiang)
• 才華／才华 (cáihuá)
• 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
• 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
• 技能 (jìnéng)
• 技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
• 技術／技术 (jìshù)
• 招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
• 本事
• 本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
• 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
• 能力 (nénglì)
• 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
• 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
• 能量 (néngliàng)
• 花頭／花头 (Wu)
• 著數／着数
• 解數／解数
• 資力／资力 (zīlì)
• 路數／路数 (lùshù)
• 身手 (shēnshǒu)
• 道行

 

Derived terms

• 一手一足
• 一手交錢，一手交貨／一手交钱，一手交货 (yīshǒu jiāo qián, yīshǒu jiāo huò)
• 一手包攬／一手包揽
• 一手包辦／一手包办 (yīshǒubāobàn)
• 一手托兩家／一手托两家 (yīshǒu tuō liǎngjiā)
• 一手承運／一手承运
• 一手提拔
• 一手遮天 (yīshǒuzhētiān)
• 一手難掩天下人耳目／一手难掩天下人耳目
• 有一手 (yǒu yīshǒu)
• 留一手
• 露一手 (lòu yīshǒu)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishǒu
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shou³
    • Yale: yī-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishoou
    • Palladius: ишоу (išou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ sau²
    • Yale: yāt sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

Adjective

一手

1. firsthand

   一手材料  ―  yīshǒu cáiliào  ―  firsthand information; primary source

   一手車／一手车  ―  yīshǒu chē  ―  firsthand vehicle

Coordinate terms

• 二手 (èrshǒu)