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手掌

手掌

Chinese

		hand; convenient; -er	palm (of hand); in charge of
simp. and trad. (手掌)		手	掌

Noun

手掌

palm (concave part of hand)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shǒuzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² zoeng²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-chóng
Min Nan (POJ): chhiú-chiúⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shǒuzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujaang
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    手掌
    首長／首长
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² zoeng²
  - Yale: sáu jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzoeng²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡ɕœːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: su` zong`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su³ zong³
  - IPA: /su³¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-chiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiwcviuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiũ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiũ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiũ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiũ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiũ⁴¹/