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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries挙手
Native Script:日本語
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kyoshu
"先生は挙手を求めました。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A request or call for people to raise their hands in order to vote, express an opinion, or indicate agreement.
"The teacher asked for a hands-up from everyone who finished the assignment."
- 1
Characterized by openness, surrender, or a voluntary acknowledgment of fault.
"Management adopted a hands-up approach to addressing the recent corporate errors."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the imperative command phrase 'hands up!', originating in the late 19th century from American frontier culture and banditry where victims were ordered to raise their hands. Over time, it evolved into a noun and adjective describing a request for a show of hands or an admission of defeat or responsibility.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Hands-up" is said worldwide
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levée de mains
Transliteration: ləve də mɛ̃
"Le professeur a demandé une levée de mains."
Handzeichen
Transliteration: /ˈhantˌtsaɪçn̩/
"Der Lehrer bat um ein Handzeichen."
alzata di mano
Transliteration: alˈtzaːta di ˈmaːno
"Il professore ha chiesto un'alzata di mano."
levantamiento de manos
Transliteration: leβan.taˈmjen.to de ˈma.nos
"El profesor pidió un levantamiento de manos."
braços no ar
Transliteration: ˈbɾasus nu aɾ
"O professor pediu um levantamento de braços."
हाथ उठाना
Transliteration: haath uthaana
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"शिक्षक ने सभी से हाथ उठाने को कहा।"
举手
Transliteration: jǔ shǒu
Script: 中文汉字
"老师要求大家举手投票。"
거수
Transliteration: geosu
Script: 한국어 한글
"선생님은 거수를 요청하셨다."
挙手
Transliteration: kyoshu
Script: 日本語
"先生は挙手を求めました。"
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