"下手" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ha⁵⁵ su³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /e²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /e³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /e³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/, /ha⁵⁵ su³¹/, /e²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/, /e³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/, /e³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/, /ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/, /ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: xiàshǒu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], haa⁶ sau² [Cantonese, Jyutping], ha-sú [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ē-chhiú, hā-chhiú, xiàshǒu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], siàshǒu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsia⁴-shou³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syà-shǒu [Mandarin, Yale], shiahshoou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сяшоу [Mandarin, Palladius], sjašou [Mandarin, Palladius], xiàshǒur [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇㄦ [Mandarin, bopomofo], siàshǒur [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsia⁴-shou³-ʼrh [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syà-shǒur [Mandarin, Yale], shiahshooul [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сяшоур [Mandarin, Palladius], sjašour [Mandarin, Palladius], hah sáu [Cantonese, Yale], haa⁶ sau² [Cantonese, Pinyin], ha⁶ seo² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ha-sú [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ha su` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ha⁴ su³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ē-chhiú [Hokkien, POJ], ē-tshiú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], exchiuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hā-chhiú [Hokkien, POJ], hā-tshiú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], haxchiuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 下手
  1. player whose turn comes next Synonyms (player): 下家 (xiàjiā)
    Sense id: en-下手-zh-noun-nqFjc1Ig Disambiguation of 'player': 100 0 0
  2. (colloquial) assistant; aide Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-下手-zh-noun-csDOprnB
  3. Alternative form of 下首 (xiàshǒu, “side of lower priority or less honour”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 下首 (extra: xiàshǒu, “side of lower priority or less honour”)
    Sense id: en-下手-zh-noun-pAZ2tox4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 打下手 (dǎxiàshǒu)

Verb

IPA: /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ha⁵⁵ su³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /he²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /he³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /he³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /he²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hɛ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/, /ha⁵⁵ su³¹/, /he²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/, /he³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/, /he³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/, /he²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/, /hɛ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: xiàshǒu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], haa⁶ sau² [Cantonese, Jyutping], ha-sú [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], hē-chhiú, hě-chhiú, hēe-chhiú, xiàshǒu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], siàshǒu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsia⁴-shou³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syà-shǒu [Mandarin, Yale], shiahshoou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сяшоу [Mandarin, Palladius], sjašou [Mandarin, Palladius], hah sáu [Cantonese, Yale], haa⁶ sau² [Cantonese, Pinyin], ha⁶ seo² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ha-sú [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ha su` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ha⁴ su³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], hē-chhiú [Hokkien, POJ], hē-tshiú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hexchiuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hě-chhiú [Hokkien, POJ], hě-tshiú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hēe-chhiú [Hokkien, POJ], hēe-tshiú [Hokkien, Tai-lo]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 下手
  1. to start doing something; to take action; to go about something
    Sense id: en-下手-zh-verb-9uw28wdt Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 21 58 13
  2. to commit a crime/to initiate an ambush/sneak attack
    Sense id: en-下手-zh-verb-3MFT-9we
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 上手 (shàngshǒu), 入手 (rùshǒu), 動手 (dòngshǒu), 动手 (dòngshǒu), 喐手, 著手 (zhuóshǒu), 着手 (zhuóshǒu), 落手 (lok6 sau2) [Cantonese, Hokkien], 起手 (qǐshǒu) Derived forms: 先下手為強 (xiān xiàshǒu wéi qiáng), 先下手为强 (xiān xiàshǒu wéi qiáng)

Alternative forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "dǎxiàshǒu",
      "word": "打下手"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "下手",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "player whose turn comes next"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-zh-noun-nqFjc1Ig",
      "links": [
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ],
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "next",
          "next"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "roman": "xiàjiā",
          "sense": "player",
          "word": "下家"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I need someone by my side to help me.",
          "ref": "我需要有人在我旁邊幫我打下手。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "我需要有人在我旁边帮我打下手。 [MSC, simp.]\nWǒ xūyào yǒu rén zài wǒ pángbiān bāng wǒ dǎxiàshǒu. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "assistant; aide"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-zh-noun-csDOprnB",
      "links": [
        [
          "assistant",
          "assistant"
        ],
        [
          "aide",
          "aide"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) assistant; aide"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "xiàshǒu, “side of lower priority or less honour”",
          "word": "下首"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of 下首 (xiàshǒu, “side of lower priority or less honour”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-zh-noun-pAZ2tox4",
      "links": [
        [
          "下首",
          "下首#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
        ],
        [
          "priority",
          "priority"
        ],
        [
          "honour",
          "honour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiàshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haa⁶ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha-sú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ē-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hā-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiàshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siàshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsia⁴-shou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syà-shǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiahshoou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяшоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjašou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiàshǒur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siàshǒur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsia⁴-shou³-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syà-shǒur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiahshooul"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяшоур"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjašour"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hah sáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haa⁶ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha⁶ seo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha-sú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha su`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha⁴ su³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha⁵⁵ su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ē-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ē-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "exchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hā-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hā-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haxchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha⁵⁵ su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "下手"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiān xiàshǒu wéi qiáng",
      "word": "先下手為強"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiān xiàshǒu wéi qiáng",
      "word": "先下手为强"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "下手",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 21 58 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't know how to go about it.",
          "ref": "我不知道如何下手。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "Wǒ bù zhīdào rúhé xiàshǒu. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start doing something; to take action; to go about something"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-zh-verb-9uw28wdt",
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "take action",
          "take action"
        ],
        [
          "go about",
          "go about"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Arriving at this place, there's no one east and west, if we don't strike here, what are we waiting for? I have on me some rope.",
          "ref": "來到此處,東也無人,西也無人,這裡不下手,等甚麼?我隨身帶的有繩子。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "来到此处,东也无人,西也无人,这里不下手,等什么?我随身带的有绳子。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E\nLáidào cǐchù, dōng yě wúrén, xī yě wúrén, zhèlǐ bù xiàshǒu, děng shénme? Wǒ suíshēn dài de yǒu shéngzǐ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to commit a crime/to initiate an ambush/sneak attack"
      ],
      "id": "en-下手-zh-verb-3MFT-9we",
      "links": [
        [
          "commit",
          "commit"
        ],
        [
          "crime",
          "crime"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiàshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haa⁶ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha-sú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hē-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hě-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hēe-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiàshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siàshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsia⁴-shou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syà-shǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiahshoou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяшоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjašou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hah sáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haa⁶ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha⁶ seo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha-sú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha su`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha⁴ su³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha⁵⁵ su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hē-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hē-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hexchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hě-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hě-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hēe-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hēe-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ hě-chhiú /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha⁵⁵ su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shàngshǒu",
      "word": "上手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "rùshǒu",
      "word": "入手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dòngshǒu",
      "word": "動手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dòngshǒu",
      "word": "动手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "喐手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhuóshǒu",
      "word": "著手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhuóshǒu",
      "word": "着手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lok6 sau2",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "落手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐshǒu",
      "word": "起手"
    }
  ],
  "word": "下手"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "dǎxiàshǒu",
      "word": "打下手"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "下手",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "player whose turn comes next"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ],
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "next",
          "next"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese colloquialisms",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I need someone by my side to help me.",
          "ref": "我需要有人在我旁邊幫我打下手。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "我需要有人在我旁边帮我打下手。 [MSC, simp.]\nWǒ xūyào yǒu rén zài wǒ pángbiān bāng wǒ dǎxiàshǒu. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "assistant; aide"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "assistant",
          "assistant"
        ],
        [
          "aide",
          "aide"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) assistant; aide"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "xiàshǒu, “side of lower priority or less honour”",
          "word": "下首"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of 下首 (xiàshǒu, “side of lower priority or less honour”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "下首",
          "下首#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
        ],
        [
          "priority",
          "priority"
        ],
        [
          "honour",
          "honour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiàshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haa⁶ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha-sú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ē-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hā-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiàshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siàshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsia⁴-shou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syà-shǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiahshoou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяшоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjašou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiàshǒur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siàshǒur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsia⁴-shou³-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syà-shǒur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiahshooul"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяшоур"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjašour"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hah sáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haa⁶ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha⁶ seo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha-sú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha su`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha⁴ su³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha⁵⁵ su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ē-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ē-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "exchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hā-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hā-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haxchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha⁵⁵ su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xiàjiā",
      "sense": "player",
      "word": "下家"
    }
  ],
  "word": "下手"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "xiān xiàshǒu wéi qiáng",
      "word": "先下手為強"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiān xiàshǒu wéi qiáng",
      "word": "先下手为强"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "下手",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't know how to go about it.",
          "ref": "我不知道如何下手。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "Wǒ bù zhīdào rúhé xiàshǒu. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start doing something; to take action; to go about something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "take action",
          "take action"
        ],
        [
          "go about",
          "go about"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Arriving at this place, there's no one east and west, if we don't strike here, what are we waiting for? I have on me some rope.",
          "ref": "來到此處,東也無人,西也無人,這裡不下手,等甚麼?我隨身帶的有繩子。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "来到此处,东也无人,西也无人,这里不下手,等什么?我随身带的有绳子。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E\nLáidào cǐchù, dōng yě wúrén, xī yě wúrén, zhèlǐ bù xiàshǒu, děng shénme? Wǒ suíshēn dài de yǒu shéngzǐ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to commit a crime/to initiate an ambush/sneak attack"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commit",
          "commit"
        ],
        [
          "crime",
          "crime"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiàshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haa⁶ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha-sú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hē-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hě-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hēe-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiàshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siàshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsia⁴-shou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syà-shǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiahshoou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяшоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjašou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hah sáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haa⁶ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha⁶ seo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha-sú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha su`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ha⁴ su³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha⁵⁵ su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hē-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hē-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hexchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hě-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hě-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hēe-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hēe-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ hě-chhiú /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha⁵⁵ su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shàngshǒu",
      "word": "上手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rùshǒu",
      "word": "入手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dòngshǒu",
      "word": "動手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dòngshǒu",
      "word": "动手"
    },
    {
      "word": "喐手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuóshǒu",
      "word": "著手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuóshǒu",
      "word": "着手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lok6 sau2",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "落手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐshǒu",
      "word": "起手"
    }
  ],
  "word": "下手"
}

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