# 正手
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhèngshǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄕㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zing$^3$ sau$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳn-sú
    (Hailu, HRS): zhin$^ˇ$ shiu$^ˊ$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zeng$^3$ sou$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): cia̿ng-siǔ
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciáng-chiēu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zia$^4$ ciu$^3$ / ziaⁿ$^4$ ciu$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhiàⁿ-chhiú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zian$^3$ ciu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngshǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄕㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngshǒu
*** Wade–Giles: chêng$^4$-shou$^3$
*** Yale: jèng-shǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqshoou
*** Palladius: чжэншоу (čžɛnšou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zing$^3$ sau$^2$
*** Yale: jing sáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzing$^3$ sau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jing$^3$ seo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪŋ³³ sɐu̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳn-sú
*** Hakka Romanization System: ziin su$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zin$^4$ su$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn⁵⁵ su³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhin$^ˇ$ shiu$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃin¹¹ ʃiu²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zeng$^3$ sou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sə̃ŋ⁴⁵ səu⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cia̿ng-siǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siaŋ³³ siu²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciáng-chiēu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siaŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒieu³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zia$^4$ ciu$^3$ [Phonetic: zia$^1$ liu$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sia⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$liu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ziaⁿ$^4$ ciu$^3$ [Phonetic: ziaⁿ$^1$ niu$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sĩã⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$niu³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Yongchun, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàⁿ-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: tshiànn-tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chviarchiuo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiã²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰiã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiã¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun): /t͡sʰiã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zian$^3$ ciu$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiàⁿ tshiú
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/

### Noun

正手
* dominant hand (of someone)
* (racket sports) forehand
* (dialectal Mandarin, Guangxi Yue, Jin, Hakka, Min, Zhejiang Wu) right hand
    alt. forms: 右手 (yòushǒu) (Min Nan)
    From: 天韻合唱團 [Heavenly Melody], lyrics by 葉薇心, translated by 潘茂涼, 投靠者的謳咾
    Lí ê chiàⁿ-chhiú gia̍h-koân tī choân-tōe, sio̍k Lí ê lâng tiàm Lí si̍t-ē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Your right hand is raised above all the earth; those who belong to You are under Your wings.
* (Northern Min) right side; the right

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 右手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 右手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 右手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 右手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 右手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 右手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 右手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 右手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 右手, 正手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 右手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 右手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 右手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 右手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 右手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 右手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 右手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 右手, 順手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 右手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 右手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 右手, 正手, 順手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 右手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 右手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 右手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 右手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 右手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 右手, 正手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 正手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 正手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 右手, 好手 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 右手, 正手 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 右手, 正手 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 右手, 正手 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 右手, 正手 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 右手 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 右手 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 右手 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 右手 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 右手 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 右手 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 右手 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 右手 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 右手 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 右手 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 右手 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 右手 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 右手 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 右手 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 右手 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 正手 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 正手 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 右手 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 右手, 正手 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 右手, 正手 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 右手, 正手 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 右手, 正手 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 右手, 正手 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 正手 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 右手 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 正手 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 右手 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 右手 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 正手 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 順手, 右手 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 順手 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 順手, 右手 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 正手, 右手 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 右手 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 正手, 右手 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 正手, 大手, 右手, 掇箸手, 大邊手 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 大邊手, 掏箸手, 正手 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 正邊手 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 正邊手 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 會手 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 會手 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 正手, 右手 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 右手, 順手, 正手 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 右手 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 正手 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 慧手, 慧爿手, 右手 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 精手 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 精手, 精邊手, 精排手, 右邊手, 右排手 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 精手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 精手, 正手 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 正手, 正爿手 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 正手, 正爿手 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 右手, 正手 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 大手 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 右手 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 右手 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 右手, 順手 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 右手 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 順手, 右手 |
| Wu | Danyang | 順手 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 順手, 任手, 大手 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 順手 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 正手, 順手 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 大手, 順手 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 右手子, 右手 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 右手 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 右手 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 右手 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 右 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 右邊, 右手邊, 右側, 右面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 右邊兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 右邊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 右邊兒拉, 右手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 右邊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 右邊兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 右邊兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 右邊兒, 右面兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 右岸兒, 右邊兒, 右手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 右面, 右面兒, 右首 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 右邊兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 右邊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 右面子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 右邊兒, 右手, 右傍個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 右邊, 右手邊, 右手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 右邊, 右手, 順手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 右手邊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 右邊手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 右邊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 右邊, 右手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 右邊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 右便, 右手便 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 右便, 右手便, 右邊, 右手邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 右手邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 右邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 右邊 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 右邊 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 右邊 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 右邊 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 右邊 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 右邊, 右手便 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 右便 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 右便 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 右邊, 右手 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 右首, 右邊 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 右邊, 右手邊, 右手 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 右片 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 右邊 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 右邊 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 右邊 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 右邊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 右片, 右手片 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 右片, 右手片 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 右片, 右手片 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 右片, 右手片 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 右片, 右手片 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 正裡, 正手裡 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 右手析 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 右邊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 右半切 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 右半兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 右邊, 右介, 正介, 正手, 正手一介, 順手一介, 正手一介塊, 順手一介塊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 大邊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 正爿, 正手爿, 大爿 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 正爿, 正手爿 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 正爿, 正手爿 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 正爿, 正手爿 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 正爿 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 正面 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 正爿 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 正爿 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 正爿 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 正爿 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 正面, 正手爿 GT |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 正爿 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 正爿 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 正面 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 正手爿 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 正爿, 正手爿 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 正爿, 正手爿 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 正手爿, 右爿 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 正手爿, 右爿 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 正手爿, 右爿 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 右排, 精排, 右邊手, 右排手, 右邊身, 右排身 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 正爿 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 正爿 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 右便 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 右面, 右邊, 右半爿 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 右面, 右手 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 右面 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 順手邊 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 順手半邊 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 右面, 順手面 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 順手面, 大手面, 順面手, 大面手, 右面, 右面手 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 大手邊爿 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 右邊 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 右手邊, 右首 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 右邊 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Antonyms

* 倒手 (dǎoshǒu)

#### Derived terms

* 正手爿

### 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), “正手”, 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 580.