手無寸鐵

See also: 手无寸铁

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	not have	a unit of length	iron
trad. (手無寸鐵)		手	無	寸	鐵
simp. (手无寸铁)		手	无	寸	铁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuwúcùntiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² mou⁴ cyun³ tit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuwúcùntiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuwúcùntiě
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-wu²-tsʻun⁴-tʻieh³
    • Yale: shǒu-wú-tswùn-tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwutsuenntiee
    • Palladius: шоууцуньте (šouucunʹte)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² mou⁴ cyun³ tit³
    • Yale: sáu mòuh chyun tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² mou⁴ tsyn³ tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² mou⁴ qun³ tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰyːn³³ tʰiːt̚³/

Idiom

手無寸鐵

1. unarmed; bare-handed