手足
Chinese
| hand; convenient; ‑er | foot; to be sufficient | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (手足) |
手 | 足 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
手足
- (literally) hands and feet
- (figuratively, literary) parts of the same body; people who are inseparable or intimately connected
- (figuratively) brothers
- (figuratively) accomplices; retinue; henchmen
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 兄弟 (“brothers”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 兄弟, 手足, 昆仲, 昆季 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 兄弟 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 哥兒, 弟兄 |
| Taiwan | 兄弟 | |
| Jinan | 弟兄, 弟兄們, 兄弟 | |
| Xi'an | 弟兄 | |
| Wuhan | 弟兄, 兄弟 | |
| Chengdu | 弟兄 | |
| Yangzhou | 弟兄 | |
| Hefei | 弟兄, 兄弟 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 兄弟 |
| Hong Kong | 兄弟 | |
| Taishan | 兄弟 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 兄弟 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 兄弟 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 兄弟 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 兄弟 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 兄弟 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 兄弟 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 兄弟 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 兄弟 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 弟兄, 兄弟 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 兄弟 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 兄弟, 兄弟哥 |
| Matsu | 兄弟哥 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 兄弟 |
| Quanzhou | 兄弟 | |
| Zhangzhou | 兄弟 | |
| Taipei | 兄弟 | |
| Kaohsiung | 兄弟 | |
| Tainan | 兄弟 | |
| Taichung | 兄弟仔 | |
| Hsinchu | 兄弟仔 | |
| Lukang | 兄弟 | |
| Sanxia | 兄弟 | |
| Yilan | 兄弟 | |
| Kinmen | 兄弟 | |
| Magong | 兄弟 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 兄弟, 兄弟仔 | |
| Chaozhou | 兄弟 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 弟兄 |
| Wenzhou | 兄弟 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 弟兄, 兄弟 |
| Shuangfeng | 弟兄, 兄弟 | |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 手 | 足 |
| て Grade: 1 |
あし Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
Noun
手足 (hiragana てあし, rōmaji teashi)
- hands and feet, arms and legs, limbs
- someone who waits on hand and foot or is at someone's beck and call
- 社長の手足となって働きます。
- Shachō no teashi to natte hatarakimasu.
- In my work I wait on the president hand and foot.
- 社長の手足となって働きます。
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