手足 [－－]

Jyutping sau2 zuk1
Pinyin shǒu zú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. hands and feet
  2. (fig.) brothers
  3. retinue, henchmen, accomplices
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. colleagues/close friends
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    手同​腳
    arms and feet
    • 手足無措
      手足无措
      sau2 zuk1 mou4 cou3
      to be in over one's head
  2. 名詞
    比喻​好​親​嘅​人​、​兄弟​、​好​朋友
    brother, close friend
    • 情同手足
      情同手足
      cing4 tung4 sau2 zuk1
      feeling like one's own brother; being close as brother
  3. 名詞
    負責​執行​指令​既​器官​，​借喻​下屬​、​黨羽
    subordinate staff; employee (informal)
    • 我班手足等緊出糧開飯。
      我班手足等紧出粮开饭。
      ngo5 baan1 sau2 zuk1 dang2 gan2 ceot1 loeng4 hoi1 faan6
      My employees are waiting to receive their salaries to make a living.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literally
    hands and feet
  2. noun, figuratively
    brothers
  3. noun, neologism
    fellow Hong Kong protestors
  4. noun, figuratively, literary
    parts of the same body; people who are inseparable or intimately connected
  5. noun, figuratively
    accomplices; retinue; henchmen
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    当年我哋成班手足同捞同煲揾食，挨得辛苦但系又好开心。
    當年我哋成班手足同撈同煲揾食，捱得辛苦但係又好開心。
    dong1 nin4 ngo5 dei6 seng4 baan1 sau2 zuk1 tung4 lou1 tung4 bou1 wan2 sik6, ngaai4 dak1 san1 fu2 daan6 hai6 jau6 hou2 hoi1 sam1.
    • In those good old days we bros stick together to work and eat, times was very hard but we all feel happy in it.
  2. Cantonese
    手足无措
    手足無措
    sau2 zuk1 mou4 cou3
    • to be in over one's head
  3. Cantonese
    情同手足
    情同手足
    cing4 tung4 sau2 zuk1
    • feeling like one's own brother; being close as brother
  4. Cantonese
    我班手足等紧出粮开饭。
    我班手足等緊出糧開飯。
    ngo5 baan1 sau2 zuk1 dang2 gan2 ceot1 loeng4 hoi1 faan6
    • My employees are waiting to receive their salaries to make a living.
  5. Cantonese
    佢一直讲对唔住，反而令我手足无措。
    佢一直講對唔住，反而令我手足無措。
    keoi5 jat1 zik6 gong2 deoi3 m4 zyu6, faan2 ji4 ling6 ngo5 sau2 zuk1 mou4 cou3.
    • 他連聲賠不是，倒令我手足無措。
    • He kept saying sorry, which made me all in a fluster.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我有手足，自谋温饱；我有口舌，自陈好恶。
    我有手足，自謀温飽；我有口舌，自陳好惡。
    wǒ yǒu shǒu zú ， zì móu wēn bǎo ； wǒ yǒu kǒu shé ， zì chén hào è ．
    • I have my own hands and feet, with which I shall earn food and clothing by myself; I have my own mouth and tongue, with which I shall state love and hate by myself.