人手

Chinese

		man; person; people	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (人手)		人	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sau²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-sú

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngin² su³

• Jin (Wiktionary): reng¹ sou²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-chhiú / jîn-chhiú / lâng-chhiú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁵ ciu²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gnin-seu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-shou³
    • Yale: rén-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshoou
    • Palladius: жэньшоу (žɛnʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ sau²
    • Yale: yàhn sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² su³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ su³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngin² su³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ su³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: reng¹ sou²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʐə̃ŋ¹¹ səu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linchiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinchiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: lâng-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: langchiuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nang⁵ ciu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng tshiú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnin-seu
    • MiniDict: nyin^去 seu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyin-seu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²² sɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

人手

1. human hand
2. manpower; staff

   人手不夠。／人手不够。  ―  Rénshǒu bùgòu.  ―  There is a lack of staff.

Synonyms

• (manpower): (Hokkien) 跤數／跤数

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	手
ひと Grade: 1	て > で Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

人 (hito, “human”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひとで [hìtódé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çito̞de̞]

Noun

人(ひと)手(で) • (hitode) 

1. person's hand, person's work
2. other's hand, other's property
3. other's power, other's help
4. working person, labour

人(ひと)手(で) or 人手(ヒトデ) • (hitode) 

1. Alternative spelling of 海星 (“starfish”)