Cantonese Dictionary

手肘

sau2 zau2

elbow

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手腕

sau2 wun2

Mandarin: shou3 wan4

a wrist; skill; finesse

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手腕子

sau2 wun2 zi2

Mandarin: shou3 wan4 zi5

wrist

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手腳

sau2 goek3

Mandarin: shou3 jiao3

movement of limbs; action; trick

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手臂

sau2 bei3

Mandarin: shou3 bi4

[1] arm; forearm | Mand.-only syn.: 胳膊, 胳臂 [2] reliable helper

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手舉

sau2 geoi2

Mandarin: shou3 ju3

a salute; hands raised

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手舞足蹈

sau2 mou5 zuk1 dou6

Mandarin: shou3 wu3 zu2 dao3

dance for joy; gesticulate with the hands and feet

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手藝

sau2 ngai6

Mandarin: shou3 yi4

Simplified: 手艺

(noun) skill

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手藝人

sau2 ngai6 jan4

Mandarin: shou3 yi4 ren2

a craftsman; a handicraftsman [Syn.] 手藝工人 [粵]: 手作仔

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手術

sau2 seot6

Mandarin: shou3 shu4

surgery

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手術刀

sau2 seot6 dou1

scalpel

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手術室

sau2 seot6 sat1

Mandarin: shou3 shu4 shi4

Simplified: 手术室

Operating room for surgery; operating theatre

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手表

sau2 biu2*1

Mandarin: shou3 biao3

wristwatch | Also written as 手錶

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手袋

sau2 doi6*2

handbag; purse

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手袋

sau2 doi2

Mandarin: shou3 dai4

(noun) a clutch bag; a handbag

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手袋店

sau2 doi2 dim3

Mandarin: shou3dai4 dian4

a handbag shop [written and colloquial]

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手袋店

sau2 doi6*2 dim3

a handbag shop

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手袖

sau2 zau6

Mandarin: shou3 xiu4

sleeve

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手裏劍

sau2 leoi5 gim3

shuriken, throwing stars (in Japanese: 手裏剣; lit: "hand hidden blade")

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手裡

sau2 leoi5

Mandarin: shou3 li3

(situation) in (somebody's) hands

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手裡劍

sau2 leoi5 gim3

shuriken, throwing stars (in Japanese: 手裏剣; lit: "hand hidden blade", variant Chinese form 手裏劍)

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手製

sau2 zai3

Mandarin: shou3 zhi4

hand-worked, hand-wrought

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手襪

sau2 mat6

Mandarin: shou3 wa4

Simplified: 手袜

gloves

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手話

sau2 waa6

sign language (typically for Japanese, else 語)

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手語

sau2 jyu5

Mandarin: shou3 yu3

sign language

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手語字母

sau2 jyu5 zi6 mou5

Mandarin: shou3 yu3 zi4 mu3

finger alphabet (for the blind), manual alphabet

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手語猜字

sau2 jyu5 caai1 zi6

Mandarin: shou3 yu3 cai1 zi4

charades

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手足

sau2 zuk1

Mandarin: shou3 zu2

Cantonese

colleagues | close friends

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手足口病

sau2 zuk1 hau2 beng6

Mandarin: shou3 zu2 kou3 bing4

hand, foot and mouth disease, HFMD

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手跡

sau2 zik1

Mandarin: shou3 ji1

sb.'s original handwriting or work of art

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