扎手

Chinese

		to prick; to run or stick (a needle, etc.) into; penetrating (as of cold) to prick; to run or stick (a needle, etc.) into; penetrating (as of cold); struggle; to tie; to bind	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (扎手)		扎	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaat³ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhashǒu
    • Wade–Giles: cha¹-shou³
    • Yale: jā-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jashoou
    • Palladius: чжашоу (čžašou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaat³ sau²
    • Yale: jaat sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaat⁸ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zad³ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːt̚³ sɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

扎手

1. to prick the hand

Adjective

扎手

1. difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly

Synonyms

• 傷腦／伤脑 (shāngnǎo) (informal)
• 傷腦筋／伤脑筋 (shāng nǎojīn) (informal)
• 刺手 (cìshǒu)
• 囉嗦／啰嗦 (luōsuo)
• 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)
• 辣手 (làshǒu)
• 鑿手／凿手 (Hokkien)
• 難辦／难办 (nánbàn)
• 麻煩／麻烦 (máfan)