手足

Chinese
hand; convenient; ‑er foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad.
(手足)		 手 足

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 手 足 足
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 精 (13) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 虞 (24) 鍾 (8)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 書九切 子句切 即玉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕɨuX/ /t͡sɨoH/ /t͡sɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕiuX/ /t͡sioH/ /t͡siok̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕiəuX/ /t͡sioH/ /t͡siok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕuwX/ /t͡suə̆H/ /t͡suawk̚/
Li
Rong		 /ɕiuX/ /t͡sioH/ /t͡siok̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭəuX/ /t͡sĭuH/ /t͡sĭwok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯ə̯uX/ /t͡si̯uH/ /t͡si̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shǒu jù zu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 sau2 zeoi3 zuk1

Noun

手足

  1. (literally) hands and feet
  2. (figurative, literary) parts of the same body; people who are inseparable or intimately connected
  3. (figurative) brothers
  4. (figurative) accomplices; retinue; henchmen
  5. (neologism, HK politics) fellow Hong Kong protestors

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 兄弟 (“brothers”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 兄弟, 手足, 昆仲, 昆季
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 兄弟
Mandarin Beijing 哥兒, 弟兄
Taiwan 兄弟
Jinan 弟兄, 弟兄們, 兄弟
Xi'an 弟兄
Wuhan 弟兄, 兄弟
Chengdu 弟兄
Yangzhou 弟兄
Hefei 弟兄, 兄弟
Malaysia 兄弟
Singapore 兄弟
Cantonese Guangzhou 兄弟
Hong Kong 兄弟
Taishan 兄弟
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 兄弟
Singapore (Guangfu) 兄弟
Gan Nanchang 兄弟
Hakka Meixian 兄弟
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 兄弟
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 兄弟
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 兄弟
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 兄弟
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 兄弟
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 兄弟
Jin Taiyuan 弟兄, 兄弟
Min Bei Jian'ou 兄弟
Min Dong Fuzhou 兄弟, 兄弟哥
Matsu 兄弟哥
Min Nan Xiamen 兄弟
Quanzhou 兄弟
Zhangzhou 兄弟
Taipei 兄弟
New Taipei (Sanxia) 兄弟
Kaohsiung 兄弟
Yilan 兄弟
Changhua (Lukang) 兄弟
Taichung 兄弟仔
Tainan 兄弟
Hsinchu 兄弟仔
Kinmen 兄弟
Penghu (Magong) 兄弟
Penang (Hokkien) 兄弟
Singapore (Hokkien) 兄弟
Manila (Hokkien) 兄弟, 兄弟仔
Chaozhou 兄弟
Shantou 兄弟
Haifeng 兄弟
Singapore (Teochew) 兄弟
Wenchang 兄弟
Singapore (Hainanese) 兄弟
Wu Suzhou 弟兄
Wenzhou 兄弟
Xiang Changsha 弟兄, 兄弟
Shuangfeng 弟兄, 兄弟

Derived terms
Derived terms from 手足

Japanese
Kanji in this term
手 足
て
Grade: 1		 あし
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [te̞a̠ɕi]

Noun

手(て)足(あし) • (teashi) 

  1. hands and feet, arms and legs, limbs
  2. someone who waits on hand and foot or is at someone's beck and call
    社長(しゃちょう)の手足(てあし)となって働(はたら)きます。
    Shachō no teashi to natte hatarakimasu.
    In my work I wait on the president hand and foot.

Korean
Hanja in this term
手足

Noun

手足 • (sujok) (hangeul 수족)

  1. Hanja form? of 수족.
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