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The first character means “wood glue” or can be understood as “sticky” or “sticking.”
The second character means “hand” (or “hands”).
This term can be romanized as “Chi Sau,” “Chi Sao,” or from Mandarin, “Chi Shou.”
黐手 is a concept that comes from the Wing Chun (AKA: Ving Tsun, Wing Tsun, or Yong Chun) style of martial arts. If you are looking for this term, chances are, you already know the meaning within the context of Wing Chun.
推手 is the martial arts title “Pushing Hands.”
推手 is the title for two-person training routines practiced in internal Chinese martial arts such as Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan), Liuhebafa, Chuan Fa, and Yiquan.
The first character means “pushing.”
The second character means “hand” (or “hands”).
This term can be romanized as “Tui Sau,” “Tui Sao,” or from Mandarin, “Tui Shou.”
If you are looking for this term, chances are, you already know the meaning within the context of Tai Chi and other martial arts.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Sao search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
喿 see styles |
sào sao4 sao |
chirping of birds |
埽 see styles |
sào sao4 sao |
dike; old variant of 掃|扫[sao4] |
嫂 see styles |
sǎo sao3 sao aniyome あによめ |
(bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law elder brother's wife; sister-in-law |
慅 see styles |
sāo sao1 sao |
agitated |
掃 扫 see styles |
sào sao4 sao sou / so そう |
(bound form) a (large) broom (surname) Sou To sweep. |
搔 see styles |
sāo sao1 sao |
to scratch; old variant of 騷|骚[sao1] |
氉 see styles |
sào sao4 sao |
restless, melancholy |
瘙 see styles |
sào sao4 sao |
itch; old term for scabies; Taiwan pr. [sao1] |
繅 缫 see styles |
sāo sao1 sao |
to reel silk from cocoons |
繰 缲 see styles |
sāo sao1 sao souji / soji そうじ |
to reel silk from cocoons (personal name) Souji |
臊 see styles |
sào sao4 sao sō |
shame; bashfulness; to shame; to humiliate Rancid, rank; shame; translit. su, in臊陀 intp. as śuka, parrot; more correctly 叔迦. |
颾 𩙫 see styles |
sāo sao1 sao |
blowing of the wind |
騒 see styles |
sāo sao1 sao |
Japanese variant of 騷|骚 |
騷 骚 see styles |
sāo sao1 sao sō |
(bound form) to disturb; to disrupt; flirty; coquettish; abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1]; (literary) literary writings; poetry; foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]); (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male Trouble, sad; poetic, learned; translit. su, s. |
髞 see styles |
sào sao4 sao takashi たかし |
used in 髝髞[lao2sao4] (male given name) Takashi |
兄嫂 see styles |
xiōng sǎo xiong1 sao3 hsiung sao |
elder brother and his wife |
回掃 回扫 see styles |
huí sǎo hui2 sao3 hui sao |
see 回描[hui2 miao2] |
堂嫂 see styles |
táng sǎo tang2 sao3 t`ang sao tang sao |
wife of older male cousin via male line |
大嫂 see styles |
dà sǎo da4 sao3 ta sao |
older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) |
嫂嫂 see styles |
sǎo sao sao3 sao5 sao sao |
older brother's wife; sister-in-law; (polite address to a younger married woman) sister |
嫂子 see styles |
sǎo zi sao3 zi5 sao tzu |
(coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law |
害臊 see styles |
hài sào hai4 sao4 hai sao |
to be bashful; to feel ashamed |
家嫂 see styles |
jiā sǎo jia1 sao3 chia sao |
(polite) my sister-in-law |
悶騷 闷骚 see styles |
mēn sāo men1 sao1 men sao |
(coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside |
打掃 打扫 see styles |
dǎ sǎo da3 sao3 ta sao |
to clean; to sweep |
抓搔 see styles |
zhuā sāo zhua1 sao1 chua sao |
to scratch an itch |
拂掃 拂扫 see styles |
fú sǎo fu2 sao3 fu sao |
whisk |
拿騷 拿骚 see styles |
ná sāo na2 sao1 na sao |
Nassau, capital of The Bahamas |
掃地 扫地 see styles |
sǎo dì sao3 di4 sao ti sōchi |
to sweep the floor; (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom; to be at an all-time low To sweep the floor, or ground, an act to which the Buddha is said to have attributed five kinds of merit; v. 毘奈耶雜事. |
掃墓 扫墓 see styles |
sǎo mù sao3 mu4 sao mu |
to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Sao | サオ | sao | ||
Sticky Hands Chi Sau | 黐手 | chī shǒu / chi1 shou3 / chi shou / chishou | ch`ih shou / chihshou / chih shou | |
Pushing Hands Tui Sau | 推手 | tuī shǒu / tui1 shou3 / tui shou / tuishou | t`ui shou / tuishou / tui shou |
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