束手無策

See also: 束手无策

Chinese

		to be helpless; to have one's hands tied	to have no solution; to have no measure
trad. (束手無策)		束手	無策
simp. (束手无策)		束手	无策

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùshǒuwúcè

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ sau² mou⁴ caak³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shùshǒuwúcè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shùshǒuwúcè
  - Wade–Giles: shu⁴-shou³-wu²-tsʻê⁴
  - Yale: shù-shǒu-wú-tsè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhshoouwutseh
  - Palladius: шушоууцэ (šušouucɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cuk¹ sau² mou⁴ caak³
  - Yale: chūk sáu mòuh chaak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ sau² mou⁴ tsaak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ seo² mou⁴ cag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚³/

Idiom

束手無策

to be at a loss what to do; to feel helpless in the face of some difficulty

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (束手無策):

→ Korean: 속수무책(束手無策) (soksumuchaek)

Korean

Hanja in this term
束	手	無	策

Noun

束手無策 • (soksumuchaek) (hangeul 속수무책)

Hanja form^? of 속수무책 (“being at a loss what to do; feeling helpless in the face of some difficulty”).

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