手印

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	stamp; seal; mark stamp; seal; mark; print; India (abbrev.)
trad. (手印)		手	印
simp. #(手印)		手	印

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuyìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² jan³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-yin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-ìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuyìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuyìn
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-yin⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-yìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouyinn
    • Palladius: шоуинь (šouinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuyìnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄣˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuyìnr
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-yin⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: shǒu-yìnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouyell
    • Palladius: шоуиньр (šouinʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ inə̯ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² jan³
    • Yale: sáu yan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² jan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² yen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ jɐn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-yin
    • Hakka Romanization System: su` in
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su<sup>3</sup> yin<sup>4</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /su³¹ in⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-yin
    • Hakka Romanization System: su` (r)in
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su³ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su³¹ (j)in⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-ìn
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-ìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiwixn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ in⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ in²¹/

Noun

手印

1. handprint
2. fingerprint
3. mudra

   Synonym: 母陀羅／母陀罗

Synonyms

• (handprint): 手模 (shǒumó)
• (fingerprint):

• 手指模 (sau² zi² mou⁴) (Cantonese)
• 手指腡／手指脶 (Hakka)
• 手模 (shǒumó)
• 手痕 (Hokkien)
• 指印 (zhǐyìn)
• 指模 (zi² mou⁴) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
• 指紋／指纹 (zhǐwén)
• 掌頭仔痕／掌头仔痕 (Hokkien)
• 節頭印／节头印 (⁷ciq-deu-in) (Wu)
• 紋腡／纹脶 (⁶ven-lu) (Wu)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 指紋 (“fingerprint”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指紋
Mandarin	Singapore	指紋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手指模, 手紋
	Hong Kong	指模, 手指模, 指紋
Gan	Lichuan	手模
	Pingxiang	手模
Hakka	Yudu	手模, 手印
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手指腡 †
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手指腡 †
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手指腡 †
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手指腡 †
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手指腡 †
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手指腡 †, 手指痕
Huizhou	Jixi	手模, 手印
Jin	Taiyuan	手紋紋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手紋
Southern Min	Xiamen	手腡 †, 掌頭仔腡 †, 手模 <>, 手印 <>, 指模 <>
	Quanzhou	手腡 †, 掌頭仔腡 †, 手模 <>, 手印 <>, 指模 <>
	Zhangzhou	手腡 †, 掌頭仔腡 †, 手印 <>
Wu	Shanghai	手紋, 紋腡, 指紋, 節頭印
Note	† - natural pattern on fingers; <> - pattern left on surfaces

Derived terms

• 大手印

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (手印):

• → Korean: 수인(手印) (su'in)

References

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “手印” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].