比手畫腳

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	hand; convenient; ‑er	draw; picture; painting	role; foot; base
trad. (比手畫腳)		比	手	畫	腳
simp. (比手画脚)		比	手	画	脚
alternative forms		比手劃腳／比手划脚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐshǒuhuàjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² sau² waak⁶ goek³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pí-sú-va̍k-kiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐshǒuhuàjiǎo [Phonetic: bíshǒuhuàjiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐshǒuhuàjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-shou³-hua⁴-chiao³
    • Yale: bǐ-shǒu-hwà-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biishoouhuahjeau
    • Palladius: бишоухуацзяо (bišouxuaczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 比手劃腳／比手划脚 比手畫腳／比手画脚

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei² sau² waak⁶ goek³
    • Yale: béi sáu waahk geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² sau² waak⁹ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² seo² wag⁶ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ waːk̚² kœːk̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 比手劃腳／比手划脚 比手畫腳／比手画脚

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí-sú-va̍k-kiok
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi` su` vag giog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi³ su³ vag⁶ giog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ su³¹ vak̚⁵ ki̯ok̚²/

Idiom

比手畫腳

1. to use movement of either the hands or of some other body limb in order to supplement that which can not be expressed in words; to use sign language; to communicate by using hand gestures