無所措手

Chinese

		not have	actually; place; (nominalisation prefix)	put in order; arrange; administer put in order; arrange; administer; execute; take action on	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (無所措手)		無	所	措	手
simp. (无所措手)		无	所	措	手
Literally: “don't know how to move one's hands”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúsuǒcuòshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ so² cou³ sau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúsuǒcuòshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúsuǒcuòshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-so³-tsʻo⁴-shou³
  - Yale: wú-swǒ-tswò-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wusuootsuohshoou
  - Palladius: усоцошоу (usocošou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ so² cou³ sau²
  - Yale: mòuh só chou sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ so² tsou³ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ so² cou³ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³³ sɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

無所措手

Synonym of 無所措手足／无所措手足 (wú suǒ cuò shǒu zú, “to be at a loss as to what to do”)

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