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Definition 2024

放手

放手

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	hand; convenient; -er
simp. and trad. (放手)		放	手

Verb

放手

to let go (of one's hold)
to give up; to abandon
to give free rein

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fàngshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ sau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): piong-sú
Min Nan (POJ): pàng-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fàngshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqshoou
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong³ sau²
  - Yale: fong sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ sau²
  - IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piong-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: biong su`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: biong⁴ su³
  - IPA: /pi̯oŋ⁵⁵ su³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: pàng-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: parngchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/