棘手
Chinese
edit| thorns | hand; convenient; ‑er | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (棘手) |
棘 | 手 | |
| alternative forms | 撠手 Cantonese | ||
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): kik1 sau2 / gik1 sau2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kek-chhiú / kiak-chhiú
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jíshǒu
- Wade–Giles: chi2-shou3
- Yale: jí-shǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishoou
- Palladius: цзишоу (czišou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kik1 sau2 / gik1 sau2
- Yale: kīk sáu / gīk sáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: kik7 sau2 / gik7 sau2
- Guangdong Romanization: kig1 seo2 / gig1 seo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/, /kɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note:
- kik1 sau2 — colloquial;
- gik1 sau2 — literary.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-chhiú
- Tâi-lô: kik-tshiú
- Phofsit Daibuun: kekchiuo
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-chhiú
- Tâi-lô: kiak-tshiú
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiakchiuo
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Adjective
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- (literally) thorny
- (figuratively) difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly; intractable
Synonyms
edit- (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)
- 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)
- 費氣／费气 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 費潲氣／费潲气 (Hokkien)
- 辣手 (làshǒu)
- 鑿手／凿手 (Hokkien)
- 難辦／难办 (nánbàn)
- 麻煩／麻烦 (máfan)