棘手

Chinese

		thorns	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (棘手)		棘	手
alternative forms		撠手 Cantonese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kik¹ sau², gik¹ sau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kek-chhiú / kiak-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-shou³
  - Yale: jí-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishoou
  - Palladius: цзишоу (czišou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kik¹ sau², gik¹ sau²
  - Yale: kīk sáu, gīk sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kik⁷ sau², gik⁷ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kig¹ seo², gig¹ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/, /kɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

Note:

kik1 sau2 — colloquial;
gik1 sau2 — literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: kik-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kekchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: kiak-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiakchiuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/

Adjective

棘手

(literally) thorny
(figuratively) difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly; intractable
一個非常棘手的事情 [MSC, trad.]
一个非常棘手的事情 [MSC, simp.]
yīge fēicháng jíshǒu de shìqíng [Pinyin]
a very tricky thing

Synonyms

(difficult to handle):

傷腦／伤脑 (shāngnǎo) (informal)
傷腦筋／伤脑筋 (shāng nǎojīn) (informal)
刺手 (cìshǒu)
囉嗦／啰嗦 (luōsuo)
扎手 (zhāshǒu)
歹紡／歹纺 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
歹辦／歹办 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
䆀紡／䆀纺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
䆀辦／䆀办 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
累贅／累赘
纏手／缠手 (chánshǒu) (figurative)
費事／费事 (fèishì)
辣手 (làshǒu)
鑿手／凿手 (Hokkien)
難辦／难办 (nánbàn)
麻煩／麻烦 (máfan)

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