# 出手
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chūshǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄕㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot$^1$ sau$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-sú
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): coh$^6$ ciu$^3$ / cuoh$^6$ ciu$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhut-chhiú
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chūshǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄕㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chushǒu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻu$^1$-shou$^3$
*** Yale: chū-shǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushoou
*** Palladius: чушоу (čušou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$出手 出首
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chūshǒur
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chushǒur
*** Wade–Giles: chʻu$^1$-shou$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: chū-shǒur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushooul
*** Palladius: чушоур (čušour)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceot$^1$ sau$^2$
*** Yale: chēut sáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet$^7$ sau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêd$^1$ seo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-sú
*** Hakka Romanization System: cud$^ˋ$ su$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cud$^5$ su$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² su³¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: coh$^6$ ciu$^3$ [Phonetic: coh$^7$ ciu$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡sʰiu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cuoh$^6$ ciu$^3$ [Phonetic: cuoh$^7$ ciu$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰuoʔ²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: tshut-tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhutchiuo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

### Verb

出手
* to dispose of; to get off one's hands; to sell (goods)
       Huòwù yǐjīng chūshǒu le. [Pinyin]
       The goods have been disposed of.
       I hit phoe hè iáu-bē chhut-chhiú. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Those goods of his have not yet been disposed of.
* to give out; to spend (money)
       Tā tài dàfāng le, yī chūshǒu jiù gěi le rénjiā yīqiān yuán. [Pinyin]
       He's so generous that he gave out 1000 yuan to someone.
       keoi$^5$ ceot$^1$ sau$^2$ fut$^3$ coek$^3$. [Jyutping]
       He's generous in giving out money.
       I chhut-chhiú chin tāi-hong. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       He's very generous in giving out money.
* (Cantonese, Taiwanese Hakka) to take action; to start to do something
       zing$^3$ fu$^2$ zung$^1$ jyu$^1$ ceot$^1$ sau$^2$ cing$^2$ gau$^3$ lau$^4$ si$^5$ laa$^3$. [Jyutping]
       The government finally took action to save the property market.
* (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to raise a hand to strike; to hit out (with someone)
       Lí káⁿ chhut-chhiú phah -lang. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       You dare to raise your hand and hit someone.
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to be able to give out money or goods, to avoid looking stingy (used with 會／会 or 𣍐／𫧃)
       Chit tām-po̍h-á chîⁿ góa the̍h bōe chhut-chhiú. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       I can't give out this small amount of money (or I'll look stingy).
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to pay expenses

#### Synonyms

* (to sell goods): 脫手／脱手 (tuōshǒu)
* (to come to blows):
* 動手／动手 (dòngshǒu)
* 喐手
* 打人 (dǎrén)
* 打架 (dǎjià)
* 打鬥／打斗 (dǎdòu)
* 打鬧／打闹 (dǎnào) (to quarrel and fight)
* 歐擊／欧击 (ōujī) (formal)
* 毆打／殴打 (ōudǎ)
* 爭鬥／争斗 (zhēngdòu)
* 相打 ($^1$shian-tan$_5$) (Wu, literary, or Hakka)

#### Antonyms

* 入手 (rùshǒu)

### Noun

出手
* skill displayed in making opening moves (in chess, martial arts, etc.)
    出手很快 ― chūshǒu hěn kuài ― displaying quick skills in making opening moves
* sleeve length
       Lí chhut-chhiú tāi-iok iú chhit-cha̍p 釐-bí 吧. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Your sleeves are probably around 70cm long.

#### Derived terms

* 出手得盧／出手得卢
* 出手見高低／出手见高低
* 大出手
* 大打出手 (dàdǎchūshǒu)
* 打出手
* 新出手

### 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), “出手”, 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 109.