# 手巾
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shǒujīn
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sou$^3$ jin$^1$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шуҗин (šužin, II-I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau$^2$ gan$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): siu$^2$ gin$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): siu$^3$ jin
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): su$^3$ gin$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): sou$^2$ jing$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chiū-gṳ̆ng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-kun / chhiú-kin
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$seu-cin
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shou$^3$ jin$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǒujīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujin
*** Wade–Giles: shou$^3$-chin$^1$
*** Yale: shǒu-jīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujin
*** Palladius: шоуцзинь (šouczinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sou$^3$ jin$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sougin
*** Sinological IPA : /səu⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шуҗин (šužin, II-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂou⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sau$^2$ gan$^1$
*** Yale: sáu gān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sau$^2$ gan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seo$^2$ gen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐu̯³⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: siu$^2$ gin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siu⁵⁵ kin³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: siu$^3$ jin
*** Sinological IPA : /sɨu²¹³⁻²¹ t͡ɕin¹/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: su$^3$ gin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /su³¹ kin⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: sou$^2$ jing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /səu⁵³ t͡ɕĩŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chiū-gṳ̆ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰieu³³⁻²¹ $^{(k-)}$yŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kinmen, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-kun
*** Tâi-lô: tshiú-kun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'kwn
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun³³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰiu⁴²⁻²⁴ kun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻²⁴ kun⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-kin
*** Tâi-lô: tshiú-kin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'kyn
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$seu-cin
*** MiniDict: seu$^去$ cin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$seu-jin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɤ³³ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: shou$^3$ jin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʂəu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕin³³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /səu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕin³³/

### Noun

手巾
* hand towel
* handkerchief (piece of cloth carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
* (Guanbao Cantonese) apron

#### Synonyms

* (hand towel): 毛巾 (máojīn), (bath towel): 浴巾 (yùjīn); (Hainanese) 毛帕, 面帕
* (handkerchief):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 手帕, 手絹, 手巾 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 手絹兒, 娟子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 手帕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 手絹兒, 鼻渟手巾 of children |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 手巾 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 手絹, 手絹兒, 手巾, 小手巾兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小手巾兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 手帕兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 手帕, 擦鼻子手巾 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 手帕兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 尕手巾 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 手帕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 手巾子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 帕帕子, 手絹兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 手帕, 手帕子, 手巾, 手絹兒, 帕帕兒, 手巾兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 手袱子, 袱子, 小手巾 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 帕子, 手袱子 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 手帕, 手巾崽, 小手巾 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 手帕, 手勒兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 絹頭, 手捏子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 小手巾 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 手巾仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 手巾仔, 袋巾 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 手巾仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 手巾仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 手巾仔 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 揸巾 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 手巾兒, 手帛 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 手巾仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 揸巾仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 手帕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 揸巾, 手帕仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 揸巾 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 揸巾 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 手巾仔 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 揸巾 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 手巾仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 手捏子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 手巾, 鼻韌手巾 of children |
| Hakka | Meixian | 手帕, 手巾, 細手帕, 細手巾仔, 手巾仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 手帕 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 手帕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 手帕 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 手帕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 手帕 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 手帕 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 手絹兒, 片片, 絹絹 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 小手巾 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 帕仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 手巾囝, 手巾, 汗巾 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 手巾, 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 手巾, 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 手巾, 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 手巾 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 手巾 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 手巾, 手巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 手布 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 手布 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 手布 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 手布 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 手帕 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 手巾囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 手巾崽, 揸巾崽, 手布 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 絹頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 絹頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 絹頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 手帕, 小手巾 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 帕兒 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 手巾 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 手帕, 小手巾 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 小手巾 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 小手巾, 包巾子 |
* (apron):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 圍裙, 肚兜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 圍裙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 圍裙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 圍腰子, 圍裙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 圍裙, 飯單 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 圍裙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 苫裙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 腰裙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 圍裙子, 圍裙兒, 圍腰子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 護裙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 圍裙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 圍裙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 圍裙子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 圍裙子, 圍裙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 圍裙子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 圍裙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 圍腰 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 圍裙, 圍腰 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 圍腰 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 圍裙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 圍裙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 圍裙, 圍腰 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 圍裙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 圍裙, 圍腰子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 圍裙, 圍身 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 圍身 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 圍身 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 手巾, 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 裙仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 兜肚, 圍兜 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 圍裙 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 圍裙 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 圍裙 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 圍條 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 圍裙 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 圍身裙 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 幱裙 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 圍身裙 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 圍身裙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 圍身裙 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 圍身裙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 圍身裙 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 圍身裙, 圍裙 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 圍身 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 圍裙 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 腰布 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 腰布, 圍腰裙 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 圍裙 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 圍裙 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 圍裙子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 圍身裙, 圍裙 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 下攔仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 攔身 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 圍身裙 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 圍身裙 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 圍身裙 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 圍身裙, 圍垂裙, 圍身巾, 煮食裙仔, 油身裙, 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 裙圍仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 圍軀裙, e-pú-lóng GT |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 縖腰巾 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 圍巾 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 圍軀裙, 腰肚仔, 圍軀裙仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 圍軀裙仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 圍軀裙仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 圍䘥仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 圍軀裙, 裙肚 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 圍軀裙仔, 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 圍軀裙, 煮食裙仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 圍軀裙, 煮食巾仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 圍巾 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 圍裙仔, 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 圍軀裙, 圍巾 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 下梭裙, 圍軀裙 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 圍裙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 圍身巾, 圍巾 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 圍腰布, 圍腰 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 圍裙, 圍腰 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 圍裙 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 裙腰 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 裙囝, 掩裙 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 裙囝, 圍身裙 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 圍身裙, 圍裙 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 飯單, 圍身頭, 圍身 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 圍腰 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 圍身 |
| Wu | Danyang | 圍裙 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 圍腰, 圍身裙兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 布襴, 圍身布襴 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 圍身布 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 圍裙 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 圍裙子, 圍裙, 腰圍裙 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 圍腰, 圍身 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 圍身布 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 手 | 巾 |
| しゅ Grade: 1 | きん Grade: S |
| goon | kan'on |

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しゅきん [shùkíń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕɨkʲĩɴ]

### Noun

手(しゅ)巾(きん) • (shukin)
* (hand) towel
    Synonym: 手ぬぐい (tenugui)
* handkerchief
    Synonym: ハンカチ (hankachi)

### References

* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 手 | 巾 |

### Noun

手巾 • (sugeon) (hangeul 수건)
* hanja form of 수건 (“towel”)