上下其手

Chinese

		high and low; from top to bottom	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (上下其手)		上下	其	手
Literally: “to raise and lower one's hand”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngxiàqíshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ haa⁶ kei⁴ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-hā-kî-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngxiàqíshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngsiàcíshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-hsia⁴-chʻi²-shou³
    • Yale: shàng-syà-chí-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshiahchyishoou
    • Palladius: шансяцишоу (šansjacišou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ haa⁶ kei⁴ sau²
    • Yale: seuhng hah kèih sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ haa⁶ kei⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ ha⁶ kéi⁴ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² haː²² kʰei̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-hā-kî-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-hā-kî-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnghaxkichiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ha²²⁻²¹ ki²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

Idiom

上下其手

1. to practice fraud; to manoeuvre for some evil end; to get up to tricks
2. to signal as conspiratorial hint
3. (neologism, misinterpretation of the original) to sexually harass by groping