針黹

Chinese

		needle; pin; injection	embroidery
trad. (針黹)		針	黹
simp. (针黹)		针	黹
variant forms		針指／针指

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēnzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): chiam-chí / cham-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēnzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄓˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenjyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zam¹ zi²
  - Yale: jām jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chí
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciamcie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cham-chí
  - Tâi-lô: tsam-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zamcie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

針黹

(literary) needlework
(Mainland China Hokkien) thimble (a protective cap for the finger)

Synonyms

(needlework):

針指／针指 (zhēnzhǐ) (literary)
針線／针线 (zhēnxiàn)

針線活兒／针线活儿 (zhēnxiànhuór)

(thimble): 頂針／顶针 (dǐngzhen)

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