辣手

Chinese

		hot (spicy); pungent	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (辣手)		辣	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laat⁶ sau²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸laq-seu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: la⁴-shou³
    • Yale: là-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahshoou
    • Palladius: лашоу (lašou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laat⁶ sau²
    • Yale: laaht sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laat⁹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lad⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːt̚² sɐu̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸laq-seu
    • MiniDict: lah^入 seu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵laq-seu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /laʔ¹¹ sɤ²³/

Adjective

辣手

1. difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly
2. ruthless; vicious; cruel; sinister

Synonyms

• (difficult to handle):

• 傷腦／伤脑 (shāngnǎo) (informal)
• 傷腦筋／伤脑筋 (shāng nǎojīn) (informal)
• 刺手 (cìshǒu)
• 囉嗦／啰嗦 (luōsuo)
• 扎手 (zhāshǒu)
• 棘手 (jíshǒu)
• 歹紡／歹纺 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 歹辦／歹办 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 䆀紡／䆀纺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 䆀辦／䆀办 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 累贅／累赘
• 纏手／缠手 (chánshǒu) (figurative)
• 費事／费事 (fèishì)
• 鑿手／凿手 (Hokkien)
• 難辦／难办 (nánbàn)
• 麻煩／麻烦 (máfan)

 

Noun

辣手

1. cruel means; drastic means
2. ruthless person

Derived terms

• 辣手摧花