# 把手
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǎshǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baa$^2$ sau$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pá-chhiú / pée-chhiú
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǎshǒu [Phonetic: báshǒu] → bǎshou (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ → ㄅㄚˇ ˙ㄕㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǎsho̊u
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^3$-shou$^5$
*** Yale: bǎ-shou
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baa.shoou
*** Palladius: башоу (bašou)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /pä²¹⁴ ʂoʊ̯⁴/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$把守 把手
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǎshǒur [Phonetic: báshǒur]
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǎshǒur
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^3$-shou$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: bǎ-shǒur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baashooul
*** Palladius: башоур (bašour)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baa$^2$ sau$^2$
*** Yale: bá sáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baa$^2$ sau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ba$^2$ seo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /paː³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$把守 把手
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pá-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: pá-tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pafchiuo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pée-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: pée-tshiú
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

#### Noun

把手
* handle; grip; knob

##### Synonyms

* 把柄 (bǎbǐng)
* (Hokkien) 手捍仔

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǎshǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baa$^2$ sau$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǎshǒu [Phonetic: báshǒu]
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǎshǒu
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^3$-shou$^3$
*** Yale: bǎ-shǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baashoou
*** Palladius: башоу (bašou)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$把守 把手
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baa$^2$ sau$^2$
*** Yale: bá sáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baa$^2$ sau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ba$^2$ seo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /paː³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$把守 把手

#### Verb

把手
* (literary) to hold hands

##### Derived terms

* 把手言歡 / 把手言欢

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 把 | 手 |
| は Grade: S | しゅ Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
From Middle Chinese compound 把手 (pæ$^X$ syuw$^X$, literally “hold + hand”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) はしゅ [háꜜshù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ha̠ɕɨ]

#### Noun

把(は)手(しゅ) • (hashu)
* grip, handle, knob

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 把 | 手 |
| と(り) Grade: S | て Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 取り手
Compound of 取り (tori, “taking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 取る (toru, “to take”)) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) とりて [tòrítéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
* IPA: [to̞ɾʲite̞]

#### Noun

把(とり)手(て) • (torite)
* grip, handle, knob
* a starting point (compare the English phrase get a handle on)
* someone who takes or receives something

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 把 | 手 |
| と(っ) Grade: S | て Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
/torite/ → /totte/
Alteration from torite above.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) とって [tòtté] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) とって [tòttéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
* IPA: [to̞t̚te̞]

#### Noun

把(とっ)手(て) • (totte)
* grip, handle, knob
* a starting point (compare the English phrase get a handle on)

##### Usage notes

The totte reading appears to be more common for the grip, handle sense.

#### Noun

For pronunciation and definitions of 把手 – see the following entry. :
| 【取とっ手て】 | [noun] handle; grip Alternative spellings 取手, 把っ手 |
(This term, 把手, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN