袖手

Chinese
sleeve hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad.
(袖手)		 袖 手
anagram 手袖

Pronunciation

Verb

袖手

  1. to put one's hands into the sleeves
  2. to take a do-nothing attitude; to look on

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
袖 手
しゅう
Grade: S		 しゅ
Grade: 1

Etymology

From Chinese 袖手 (xiùshǒu). Attested from the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨᵝːɕɨᵝ]

Noun

袖(しゅう)手(しゅ) • (shūshu) 

  1. idleness, lack of initiative, (literally) drawing one's hands into one's sleeves

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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