上下其手

Chinese

		high and low; from top to bottom	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (上下其手)		上下	其	手
Literally: “to raise and lower one's hand”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngxiàqíshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ haa⁶ kei⁴ sau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-hā-kî-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngxiàqíshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngsiàcíshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-hsia⁴-chʻi²-shou³
  - Yale: shàng-syà-chí-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshiahchyishoou
  - Palladius: шансяцишоу (šansjacišou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ haa⁶ kei⁴ sau²
  - Yale: seuhng hah kèih sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ haa⁶ kei⁴ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ ha⁶ kéi⁴ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² haː²² kʰei̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-hā-kî-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-hā-kî-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnghaxkichiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ha²²⁻²¹ ki²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/

Idiom

上下其手

to practice fraud; to manoeuvre for some evil end; to get up to tricks
to signal as conspiratorial hint
(neologism, misinterpretation of the original) to sexually harass by groping

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