拍手

Chinese

		to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (拍手)		拍	手
Literally: “to clap hands”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): pāishǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄞㄕㄡˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pie² sou³
Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ sau²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phok-sú

(Meixian, Guangdong): pog⁵ su³
Northern Min (KCR): pŏ̤-siǔ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phah-chhiú
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷phaq ⁵seu; ⁷phaq-seu / ⁷phaq-seu₃

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pāishǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄞㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: paishǒu
  - Wade–Giles: pʻai¹-shou³
  - Yale: pāi-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paishoou
  - Palladius: пайшоу (pajšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: pie² sou³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: piesou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiɛ²¹ səu⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paak³ sau²
  - Yale: paak sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: pag³ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phok-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: pog^ˋ su^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pog⁵ su³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰok̚² su³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pog⁵ su³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰɔk̚¹ su³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pŏ̤-siǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔ²⁴ siu²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: phah-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phahchiuo
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷phaq ⁵seu; ⁷phaq-seu
  - MiniDict: phah^入 seu^去; phah^入 seu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴phaq ²seu; ⁴phaq-seu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰaʔ⁴⁴ sɤ³⁴/, /pʰaʔ³³ sɤ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁷phaq-seu₃
  - MiniDict: phah^入 seu^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pʰɑʔ⁵⁵ søy⁵¹/

Verb

拍手

to clap one's hands; to applaud
(Hokkien) to hit a hand

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拍手 (“to applaud”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		拊手
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拍手, 鼓掌
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鼓掌, 拍巴掌兒
	Taiwan	拍手
	Harbin	拍手兒
	Singapore	拍手
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拍巴掌, 拍呱兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	拍手, 拍巴掌
	Wanrong	拍手
	Xi'an	拍手
	Xining	拍手
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	拍手
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	拍手, 拍巴掌
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	拍手, 拍巴掌, 拍巴巴掌, 鼓掌
	Wuhan	拍手, 拍巴掌
	Guiyang	拍巴掌
	Liuzhou	拍手
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	拍手, 拍巴掌
	Yangzhou	拍巴掌
	Hefei	拍巴掌
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拍手, 拍手掌
	Hong Kong	拍手
	Dongguan	拍手
	Yangjiang	拍手
Gan	Nanchang	拍巴掌
	Lichuan	拍巴腫
	Pingxiang	打巴子
Hakka	Meixian	拍手, 拍掌
	Yudu	打巴掌
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	拍手
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	拍手, 拍手仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	拍手
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	拍手
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	拍手
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	拍手
Huizhou	Jixi	拍手
Jin	Taiyuan	拍手
Jin	Xinzhou	拍手
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拍手
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拍掌
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍噗仔
	Quanzhou	拍噗仔
	Jinjiang	拍噗仔
	Zhangzhou	拍噗仔
	Taipei	拍噗仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	拍噗仔
	Kaohsiung	拍噗仔
	Yilan	拍噗仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	拍噗仔
	Taichung	拍噗仔, 拍匹噗仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拍噗仔
	Tainan	拍噗仔
	Taitung	拍噗仔
	Hsinchu	拍噗仔
	Kinmen	拍噗仔
	Penghu (Magong)	拍噗
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍手
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍噗
	Manila (Hokkien)	拍噗仔
	Chaozhou	拍噗
	Shantou	拍噗
	Jieyang	拍噗
	Puning	鼓掌
	Haikou	拍手
Puxian Min	Putian	搭手
Puxian Min	Xianyou	搭手
Central Min	Yong'an	拍手掌
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	拍手
Wu	Shanghai	拍手
	Shanghai (Chongming)	拍手
	Suzhou	拍手
	Danyang	拍手
	Hangzhou	拍手
	Ningbo	拍手
	Wenzhou	拍掌, 拍手
	Jinhua	拍手
Xiang	Changsha	拍手, 拍手板, 拍巴掌
	Loudi	拍手板心
	Shuangfeng	拍手板

Derived terms

拍手稱快 / 拍手称快
拍爛手掌 / 拍烂手掌

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拍手):

→ Japanese: 拍手(はくしゅ) (hakushu)
→ Korean: 박수(拍手) (baksu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拍	手
はく Grade: S	しゅ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はくしゅ [háꜜkùshù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊ɕɨ]

Noun

拍(はく)手(しゅ) • (hakushu)

applause

Verb

拍(はく)手(しゅ)する • (hakushu suru) suru (stem 拍(はく)手(しゅ)し (hakushu shi), past 拍(はく)手(しゅ)した (hakushu shita))

to clap, to applaud

Conjugation

Conjugation of "拍手する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	拍手し	はくしゅし	hakushu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	拍手し	はくしゅし	hakushu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	拍手する	はくしゅする	hakushu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	拍手する	はくしゅする	hakushu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	拍手すれ	はくしゅすれ	hakushu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	拍手せよ¹ 拍手しろ²	はくしゅせよ¹ はくしゅしろ²	hakushu seyo¹ hakushu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	拍手される	はくしゅされる	hakushu sareru
Causative	拍手させる拍手さす	はくしゅさせるはくしゅさす	hakushu saseru hakushu sasu
Potential	拍手できる	はくしゅできる	hakushu dekiru
Volitional	拍手しよう	はくしゅしよう	hakushu shiyō
Negative	拍手しない	はくしゅしない	hakushu shinai
Negative continuative	拍手せず	はくしゅせず	hakushu sezu
Formal	拍手します	はくしゅします	hakushu shimasu
Perfective	拍手した	はくしゅした	hakushu shita
Conjunctive	拍手して	はくしゅして	hakushu shite
Hypothetical conditional	拍手すれば	はくしゅすれば	hakushu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“拍手”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
拍	手

Noun

拍手 • (baksu) (hangeul 박수)

hanja form^? of 박수 (“applause”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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