左手交右手
Chinese
| left hand | to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money) |
right hand | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (左手交右手) |
左手 | 交 | 右手 | |
| Literally: “to transfer from the left hand to the right hand”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒshǒu jiāo yòushǒu [Phonetic: zuóshǒujiāoyòushǒu]
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒshǒu jiao yòushǒu
- Wade–Giles: tso3-shou3 chiao1 yu4-shou3
- Yale: dzwǒ-shǒu jyāu yòu-shǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuooshoou jiau yowshoou
- Palladius: цзошоу цзяо юшоу (czošou czjao jušou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zo2 sau2 gaau1 jau6 sau2
- Yale: jó sáu gāau yauh sáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzo2 sau2 gaau1 jau6 sau2
- Guangdong Romanization: zo2 seo2 gao1 yeo6 seo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯²² sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
左手交右手
- (derogatory) to transfer benefits within the same party or between parties with common interests