# 倒手
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǎoshǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄕㄡˇ
* Eastern Min (BUC): dō̤-chiū
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): do$^4$ ciu$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tò-chhiú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): do$^3$ ciu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǎoshǒu [Phonetic: dáoshǒu]
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄕㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǎoshǒu
*** Wade–Giles: tao$^3$-shou$^3$
*** Yale: dǎu-shǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daoshoou
*** Palladius: даошоу (daošou)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dō̤-chiū
*** Sinological IPA : /to³³⁻³⁵ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒieu³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: do$^4$ ciu$^3$ [Phonetic: do$^1$ liu$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /to⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$liu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: do$^4$ ciu$^3$ [Phonetic: do$^1$ liu$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tɵ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$liu³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tò-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: tò-tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doirchiuo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /to²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /to¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: do$^3$ ciu$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tò tshiú
*** Sinological IPA : /to²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/

### Verb

倒手
* to shift from one hand to another
* (of merchandise) to change hands

#### Synonyms

* (to change hands): 易手 (yìshǒu)

### Noun

倒手
* (Southern Min, Eastern Min, Puxian Min) left hand
* (Wuhan Mandarin) left side; the left

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 左手 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 左手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 左手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 左手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 左手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 左手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 左手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 左手, 反手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 左手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 左手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 左手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 左手, 倒手, 反手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 左手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 左手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 左手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 左手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 左手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 反手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 左手 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 左手 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 左手 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 左手 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 左手 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 左手 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 背手 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 左手 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 左手 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 倒手 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 左手 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 左手 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 左手 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 左手, 反手 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 左手 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 左手 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 反手, 小手, 左手 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 小邊手, 掏碗手, 倒手, 倒邊手 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 倒邊手 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 倒手, 䆀手 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 䆀手 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 倒手, 䆀手 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 倒手 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 左爿手 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 戇手, 葵手 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 戇手, 戇邊手, 戇排手, 左邊手, 左排手 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 葵手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 戇手, 倒手 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 倒手, 倒爿手 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 倒手, 倒爿手 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 左手, 背手 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 左手 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 左手 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 左手, 濟手 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 濟手 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 濟手, 左手 |
| Wu | Danyang | 濟手 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 借手 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 借手 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 左手, 反手 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 借手 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 左手, 左手子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 左手 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 左手 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 左 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 左邊, 左手邊, 左首, 左側, 左面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 左邊兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 左邊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 左邊兒拉, 左手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 左邊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 左邊兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 左邊兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 左邊兒, 左面兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 左挨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 左岸兒, 左邊兒, 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 左首, 左面, 左面兒, 左手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 左邊, 左邊兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 左邊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 左面手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 左邊兒, 左傍個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 左邊, 左手邊, 左手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 左邊, 左手, 倒手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 左邊, 左手邊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 左邊手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 左邊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 左首, 左邊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 左便, 左手便 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 左便, 左手便, 左邊, 左手邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 左手邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 左便, 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 左便, 左手便, 左邊 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 左便 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 左便 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 左邊, 左首 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 左邊, 左首 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 左邊, 左手邊, 左手 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 左片, 左手析 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 左邊 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 左邊 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 左邊 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 左邊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 左片 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 左片 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 左片 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 左片 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 左片 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 倒手裡 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 左手析 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 左邊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 左半切 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 左半兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 左邊, 反手, 反介, 左介, 反手一介塊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 小邊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 倒爿, 倒手爿, 細爿 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 倒爿, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 倒爿, 倒手爿, 細爿 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 倒爿, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 倒面 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 倒面, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 倒爿 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 倒面 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 倒爿, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 倒爿, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 倒爿, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 倒手爿, 左爿 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 左爿, 倒手爿 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 倒手爿, 倒手片, 左爿, 左片 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 左爿, 左邊手, 左爿手, 左邊身, 左爿身 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 倒爿 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 倒爿 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 左便 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 左面, 左邊, 左半爿 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 濟手 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 左面, 濟面 |
| Wu | Danyang | 濟邊 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 左邊, 借手邊 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 借手半邊 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 左手面, 左面 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 借手面, 借面手, 左面, 左面手 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 小手邊爿 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 左邊 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 左手邊 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 左邊 |

#### Derived terms

* 倒手拐
* 倒手拐仔
* 倒手摳刀／倒手抠刀
* 倒手爿
* 倒手𨂿
* 倒手雞／倒手鸡
* 倒手雞仔／倒手鸡仔

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “倒手”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 158.