# 插手
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chāshǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄕㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caap$^3$ sau$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhah-chhiú / chhap-chhiú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cah$^4$ ciu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chāshǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄕㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chashǒu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^1$-shou$^3$
*** Yale: chā-shǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chashoou
*** Palladius: чашоу (čašou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$叉手 插手
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caap$^3$ sau$^2$
*** Yale: chaap sáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap$^8$ sau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cab$^3$ seo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːp̚³ sɐu̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhah-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: tshah-tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhahchiuo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhap-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: tshap-tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhapchiuo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰap̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰap̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
* chhah-chhiú - “to poke one's nose into; to put one's hand in”;
* chhap-chhiú - “to take part (Mainland China); to poke one's nose into (Taiwan)”.

#### Verb

插⫽手 (verb-object)
* to poke one's nose into; to meddle in
    From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
    Xiànzài jǐshí zhī shǒu chā dào dìfāng, shǐ dìfāng de shìqíng bù hǎo bàn. [Pinyin]
    At present scores of hands are reaching out to the localities, making things difficult for them.
* to take part; to lend a hand
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to put one's hand in (one's pocket, muff, etc.)

##### Synonyms

* (to meddle in):
* 伸手 (shēnshǒu) (figurative)
* 問／问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 干涉 (gānshè)
* 干預 (gānyù)
* 插跤 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 沓滴 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 過問／过问 (guòwèn)
* (to take part):
* 交插 (Hokkien)
* 加入 (jiārù)
* 參入／参入 (cānrù)
* 參加／参加 (cānjiā)
* 參插／参插 (Min Nan)
* 參與／参与
* 廁身／厕身 (cèshēn) (humble)
* 插腳／插脚 (chājiǎo) (chiefly something one should not participate in)
* 插足 (chāzú) (figurative, usually derogatory)
* 插身 (chāshēn) (figurative)
* 攏場／拢场 (long$^3$chan$^2$) (Xiang)
* 攏邊／拢边 (long$^3$ bienn$^1$) (Xiang)
* 置身 (zhìshēn)
* 處身／处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)
* 鬥插／斗插 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 鬥插手／斗插手 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

##### Related terms

* 插口 (chākǒu)

### Pronunciation 2

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caap$^3$ sau$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): cap$^4$ siu$^2$
* Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ca$^7$ qiu$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caap$^3$ sau$^2$
*** Yale: chaap sáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap$^8$ sau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cab$^3$ seo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːp̚³ sɐu̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: cap$^4$ siu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰap̚²¹ siu⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: ca$^7$ qiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa⁵⁵ t͡sʰiu³¹/

#### Noun

插手
* (Cantonese, Leizhou Min) pickpocket

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 扒手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鑷子把兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 扒手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 三隻手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 扒手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 扒手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 三隻手兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 扒手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 三隻手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 三隻手, 倆夾兒, 賆家子 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 溜娃子, 溜娃兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 三隻手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 扒手, 摸跟兒, 三隻手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 三隻手, 剾包的, 剾巴手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 扒手, 三隻手, 三隻眼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 扒兒手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 扒兒手, 三隻手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 三隻手, 扒手, 插手, 荷包友, 荷包仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 三隻手, 扒手, 文雀, 老插 dated |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 插手 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 扒仔, 三隻手 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 扒子手 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 扒子手 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 三隻手 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 撮仔, 爛仔, 撮仔賊 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 扒手, 拉手 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 剪綹仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 剪綹仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 剪綹仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 剪綹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 剪綹仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 落子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 三隻手 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 三隻手 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 馬仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 街扒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 三肢手, 剪綹仔, 剪綹 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 三肢手, 剪綹 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 佬仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 剪綹仔, 剪綹 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 鉸仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 剪綹仔, 飛鼠 GT |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 剪綹 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 剪綹 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 剪綹仔, 三肢手 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 剪綹仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拍沙包, 必搏結 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 扒龜囝, 扒囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 扒龜囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 插手 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 扒手, 三隻手 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 扒兒手, 三隻手, 扒手, 鉗工, 戳兒手 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 扒兒手, 三隻手 |
| Wu | Danyang | 扒兒手, 三隻手, 扒耳手 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 扒兒手, 三隻手 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 三隻手 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 三隻手 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 三隻手, 腰弄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扒手, 三隻手 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 扒子手, 三隻手 |