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牽手

牽手

See also: 牵手

Chinese

		lead along	hand; convenient; -er
trad. (牽手)		牽	手
simp. (牵手)		牵	手

Verb

牽手

to hold hands (of couples); to lead by the hand
to join hands; to act together

Noun

牽手

(Min Nan, Taiwanese Mandarin Mandarin) wife

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qiānshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ sau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiên-sú / khiân-sú
Min Nan (POJ): khan-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiānshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianshoou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiānshǒur
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄕㄡˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianshooul
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin¹ sau²
  - Yale: hīn sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ sau²
  - IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: kien´ su`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ su³
  - IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴ su³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: kian´ su`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ su³
  - IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴ su³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: khan-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qanchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/