棘手 (kik1 sau2) — to be difficult to handle | [粵]: 揦手 in Cantonese
kikˉ¹棘sauˊ²手Mandarin Pinyin: ji2 shou3
Meaning of 棘手
nounto be difficult to handle | [粵]: 揦手
nounthorny (problem); intractable
noundifficult
Example Sentences with 棘手
你真係掯，單嘢咁棘手你都搞得掂
You are competent to have solved such a sticky problem.
今次嘅案件真係好棘手
The case I'm working on is very thorny.
niˉ¹呢go˗₃個manˍ₆問taiˎ₄題gikˉ¹棘sau˗₃手
This problem is difficult.
zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係gikˉ¹棘sau˗₃手wo˗₃喎
It's really tricky, you know.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好gikˉ¹棘sau˗₃手
He's difficult to deal with.
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