手抽

Chinese

Etymology 1

		hand; convenient; ‑er	to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump
simp. and trad. (手抽)		手	抽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuchōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuchōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuchou
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chʻou¹
    • Yale: shǒu-chōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouchou
    • Palladius: шоучоу (šoučou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/

Verb

手抽

1. (colloquial) Synonym of 手欠 (shǒuqiàn)

Etymology 2

		hand	to carry
simp. and trad. (手抽)		手	抽

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² cau¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² cau¹
    • Yale: sáu chāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² tsau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² ceo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

手抽

1. (Cantonese, Pinghua) basket or bag with a handle (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   • 桑妲妮把手抽提出門外，挽着她母親，對馬騮王道：「十分鐘後，請你到九龍城七星茶樓二樓等候，我母親會帶他找你，送他到旁人家去，一個母親送掉自己的骨肉，這情形你不用想便知道……好，十分鐘之後你再走。」 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     桑妲妮把手抽提出门外，挽着她母亲，对马骝王道：「十分钟后，请你到九龙城七星茶楼二楼等候，我母亲会带他找你，送他到旁人家去，一个母亲送掉自己的骨肉，这情形你不用想便知道……好，十分钟之后你再走。」 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1986, 唐人, 混血女郎, in 《混血女郎：唐人中篇小说集》, Changsha: 湖南文艺出版社, page 194

     song¹ taan² nei⁴ baa² sau² cau¹ tai⁴ ceot¹ mun⁴ ngoi⁶, waan⁵ zoek⁶ taa¹ mou⁵ can¹, deoi³ maa⁵ lau^4-1 wong⁴ dou⁶: “sap⁶ fan¹ zung¹ hau⁶, cing² nei⁵ dou³ gau² lung⁴ sing⁴ cat¹ sing¹ caa⁴ lau⁴ ji⁶ lau^4-2 dang² hau⁶, ngo⁵ mou⁵ can¹ wui⁵ daai³ taa¹ zaau² nei⁵, sung³ taa¹ dou³ pong⁴ jan⁴ gaa¹ heoi³, jat¹ go³ mou⁵ can¹ sung³ diu⁶ zi⁶ gei² dik¹ gwat¹ juk⁶, ze² cing⁴ jing⁴ nei⁵ bat¹ jung⁶ soeng² bin⁶ zi¹ dou³...... hou², sap⁶ fan¹ zung¹ zi¹ hau⁶ nei⁵ zoi³ zau².” [Jyutping]

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   • 睺人唔垂意，將個手抽捎咗走。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     睺人唔垂意，将个手抽捎咗走。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 麦耘 and 谭步云 (editors), 《实用广州话分类词典》, Guangzhou: 世界图书出版公司, →ISBN, page 227

     hau¹ jan⁴ m⁴ seoi⁴ ji³, zoeng¹ go³ sau² cau¹ saau⁴ zo² zau². [Jyutping]

     When they saw that people were not paying attention, they took the handbag away.

   • 兆良挽着一個士多手抽，他把手抽交給媽媽，媽媽從手抽裏拿出一個雞皮紙袋，小心的把八張五百元放在紙袋裏，摺了好幾摺，再放在手抽裏，然後又把手抽摺幾下，緊緊地握在手中。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     兆良挽着一个士多手抽，他把手抽交给妈妈，妈妈从手抽里拿出一个鸡皮纸袋，小心的把八张五百元放在纸袋里，折了好几折，再放在手抽里，然后又把手抽折几下，紧紧地握在手中。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2017, 何紫, 所有東西都降價, in 《何紫兒童小說精選集 2》, Hong Kong: 山邊出版社, →ISBN, page 49

     siu⁶ loeng⁴ waan⁵ zoek⁶ jat¹ go³ si⁶ do¹ sau² cau¹, taa¹ baa² sau² cau¹ gaau¹ kap¹ maa^1-4 maa¹, maa^1-4 maa¹ cung⁴ sau² cau¹ leoi⁵ naa⁴ ceot¹ jat¹ go³ gai¹ pei⁴ zi² doi^6-2, siu² sam¹ dik¹ baa² baat³ zoeng¹ ng⁵ baak³ jyun⁴ fong³ zoi⁶ zi² doi^6-2 leoi⁵, zip³ liu⁵ hou² gei² zip³, zoi³ fong³ zoi⁶ sau² cau¹ leoi⁵, jin⁴ hau⁶ jau⁶ baa² sau² cau¹ zip³ gei² haa⁵, gan² gan² dei⁶ aak¹ zoi⁶ sau² zung¹. [Jyutping]

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   • 每次來他都帶着一兩個「手抽」，向有需要的人分派健康食品 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     每次来他都带着一两个「手抽」，向有需要的人分派健康食品 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2017 June 17, 阿濃, 召集人, in 《大公報》, page B6

     mui⁵ ci³ loi⁴ taa¹ dou¹ daai³ zoek⁶ jat¹ loeng⁵ go³ “sau² cau¹”, hoeng³ jau⁵ seoi¹ jiu³ dik¹ jan⁴ fan¹ paai³ gin⁶ hong¹ sik⁶ ban² [Jyutping]

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2. (Cantonese) handle on a basket, bag, door, etc.

Verb

手抽 (Cantonese)

1. to carry by hand