鑽牛角尖

Chinese

		an auger; diamond; enter (a hole) an auger; diamond; enter (a hole); probe	something that cannot be solved or is unworthy of being studied in detail; insignificant problem
trad. (鑽牛角尖)		鑽	牛角尖
simp. (钻牛角尖)		钻	牛角尖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuān niújiǎojiān

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄢㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun³ ngau⁴ gok³ zim¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuān niújiǎojiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄢㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuan nioujeaujian
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯än⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuānniújiǎojiānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄢㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuannioujeaujial
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯än⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun³ ngau⁴ gok³ zim¹
  - Yale: jyun ngàuh gok jīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn³ ngau⁴ gok⁸ dzim¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun³ ngeo⁴ gog³ jim¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyːn³³ ŋɐu̯²¹ kɔːk̚³ t͡siːm⁵⁵/

Verb

鑽牛角尖

(idiomatic) to split hairs; to go down a dead end

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