拗手

Chinese

		stubborn; contrary; bend stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (拗手)		拗	手

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): áu-chhiú / auh-chhiú
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵au ⁵seu; ⁵au-seu

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: áu-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: áu-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: awchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: auh-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: auh-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: auhchiuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /au(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵au ⁵seu; ⁵au-seu
  - MiniDict: au^去 seu^去; au^去 seu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²au ²seu; ²au-seu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɔ⁴⁴ sɤ³⁴/, /ɔ³³ sɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

拗手

(Hokkien) to force someone's hand behind their back and bending it to make it painful and uncomfortable
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to arm-wrestle
(Shanghainese) to bend one's wrist

Synonyms

(to force someone's hand): (Hokkien) 枴手

Dialectal synonyms of 掰腕子 (“to arm-wrestle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	掰腕子
	Taiwan	比腕力
	Harbin	掰腕子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	掰腕子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	掰腕子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	掰手腕兒, 握手腕兒, 握手勁兒, 扳手腕兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	扳把
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	比手勁
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	拗手勁, 拗膀勁
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拗手瓜, 拗手臂瓜
	Hong Kong	拗手瓜
	Dongguan	拗手瓜
Gan	Lichuan	扳手勁
Hakka	Xingning	拗手哩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	扳手勁
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	拗手
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	遏手把
	Tainan	遏手把, 扳手把
	Penghu (Xiyu)	遏手把
	Leizhou	勾手骨, 過橋
	Haikou	拗手交
Wu	Shanghai	拗手勁
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	扳手勁
	Suzhou	拗手勁
	Danyang	較手勁
	Ningbo	拗手勁
	Wenzhou	扳手
Xiang	Loudi	扳腕子