新手

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (新手)		新	手
simp. #(新手)		新	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sau²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xin¹ su³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-chhiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-shou³
    • Yale: syīn-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshoou
    • Palladius: синьшоу (sinʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: san¹ sau²
    • Yale: sān sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 新手 身手

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xin¹ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /sin⁴⁴⁻³⁵ su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: sin-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Noun

新手

1. beginner; novice; newcomer

   新手指南  ―  xīnshǒu zhǐnán  ―  beginner's guide

Synonyms

• (informal) 菜鳥／菜鸟 (càiniǎo)
• (Hakka) 新腳／新脚
• (Hokkien) 菜鳥仔／菜鸟仔
• (Xiang) 暴參子／暴参子, 暴生子, 暴呵子

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
新	手
あら Grade: 2	て Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
荒手 (rare)

Compound of 新 (ara, “new”, root stem of adjective 新た arata, “new”; cognate with obsolete verb 生る aru, “to appear, to become manifest”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand; -er, someone who does something”). Compare the English expressions new hand, old hand.

Alternatively, may be parsed as a compound of 荒 (ara, “rough, unfinished”, cognate with 新 (ara, “new”)) +‎ 手 (te, “hand; -er, someone who does something”).

First attested in a text from 1220.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あらて [àráté] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾa̠te̞]

Noun

新(あら)手(て) • (arate) 

1. [from 1886] beginner, novice, newcomer, a greenhorn

   Synonym: 初心者 (shoshinsha)

   Antonym: 古手 (furute, literally “old hand”)

2. [from 1220] reinforcements, soldiers or athletes who have been kept in reserve during a battle or match and who are not yet tired
3. [date uncertain] a new method, a new way of doing something

   Synonym: 新手 (shinte)

   Antonym: 古手 (furute, literally “old hand”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
新	手
しん Grade: 2	て Grade: 1
on'yomi	kun'yomi

Appears to be a re-analysis of 新手 (arate), replacing the kun'yomi of ara for 新 (“new”) with its on'yomi of shin.

First attested in a text from 1790.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんて [shìńté] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩnte̞]

Noun

新(しん)手(て) • (shinte) 

1. [from 1790] a new method, a new way of doing something

   Synonym: 新手 (arate)

   Antonym: 古手 (furute, literally “old hand”)