手術

		hand; convenient; ‑er	method; technique
trad. (手術)		手	術
simp. (手术)		手	术

手術

1. surgery; medical operation; procedure (Classifier: 次; 項／项; 個／个; 臺／台)

   擇期手術／择期手术  ―  zéqī shǒushù  ―  elective surgery

   拉皮手術／拉皮手术  ―  lāpí shǒushù  ―  facelift procedure

   根管手術／根管手术  ―  gēnguǎn shǒushù  ―  root canal surgery

   復明手術／复明手术  ―  fùmíng shǒushù  ―  eyesight-restoring surgery

   微創手術／微创手术  ―  wēichuāng shǒushù  ―  minimally invasive surgery

   侵入性手術／侵入性手术  ―  qīnrùxìng shǒushù  ―  invasive surgery

   醫生說手術會有風險。 [MSC, trad.]
   医生说手术会有风险。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yīshēng shuō shǒushù huì yǒu fēngxiǎn. [Pinyin]

   The doctor said the operation carries risks.

• 開刀／开刀 (kāidāo)

Kanji in this term
手	術
しゅ Grade: 1	じゅつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

手 (shu, “hand”) +‎ 術 (-jutsu, “technique”).

Presumably a Meiji period calque of Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía).

• (Tokyo) しゅじゅつ [shúꜜjùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨʑɨt͡sɨ]

手(しゅ)術(じゅつ) • (shujutsu) 

1. an operation; surgery (procedure involving major incisions)
   • 2006 July 18, Daichi Banjō, “第(だい)1話(わ)　「生(う)まれ変(か)われるのなら、僕(ぼく)は鳥(とり)になりたい」 [Chapter 1: “If I were to be reborn, I would want to be a bird”]”, in [武心](BUSHIN) [Fighting Spirit], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 16:

     次(つぎ)の手(しゅ)術(じゅつ)の成(せい)功(こう)率(りつ)は決(けっ)して高(たか)くない……主(じゅ)治(じ)医(い)によれば……あの子(こ)の生(い)きようとする意(い)志(し)に大(おお)きくかかっている。

     Tsugi no shujutsu no seikōritsu wa kesshite takaku nai…… Jujī ni yoreba…… ano ko no ikiyō to suru ishi ni ōkiku kakatteiru.

     The success rate of the next procedure is not high…… The doctor in charge told me…… he will have to muster tremendous willpower in order to make it.

• オペレーション (operēshon)

手(しゅ)術(じゅつ)する • (shujutsu suru) suru (stem 手(しゅ)術(じゅつ)し (shujutsu shi), past 手(しゅ)術(じゅつ)した (shujutsu shita))

1. to operate on; to perform surgery on
   • 1993 December 15 [1990 March 25], Sasaki, Noriko, 動(どう)物(ぶつ)のお医(い)者(しゃ)さん [The Veterinarian], 36th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 18:

     自(じ)分(ぶん)が手(しゅ)術(じゅつ)されるとこは見(み)たくない

     Jibun ga shujutsu sareru toko wa mitakunai

     I could never ever look at myself being cut open

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Hanja in this term
手	術

手術 • (susul) (hangeul 수술)

1. hanja form^? of 수술 (“surgery”)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
手	術

手術

1. chữ Hán form of thủ thuật (“tip; trick”).