針黹

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-chí / cham-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-chih³
    • Yale: jēn-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenjyy
    • Palladius: чжэньчжи (čžɛnʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹ zi²
    • Yale: jām jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chí
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamcie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cham-chí
    • Tâi-lô: tsam-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zamcie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam³³ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

針黹

1. (literary) needlework

   • 這人姓王名冕，在諸暨縣鄉村裡住。七歲上死了父親，他母親做點針黹供給他到村學堂裡去讀書。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     这人姓王名冕，在诸暨县乡村里住。七岁上死了父亲，他母亲做点针黹供给他到村学堂里去读书。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Zhè rén xìng Wáng míng Miǎn, zài Zhūjì Xiàn xiāngcūn lǐ zhù. Qī suì shàng sǐ le fùqīn, tā mǔqīn zuò diǎn zhēnzhǐ gōnggěi tā dào cūn xuétáng lǐ qù dúshū. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Mainland China Hokkien) thimble (a protective cap for the finger)

Synonyms

• (needlework):

• 女事 (nǚshì) (archaic)
• 女工 (nǚgōng)
• 女紅／女红 (nǚgōng)
• 針指／针指 (zhēnzhǐ) (literary)
• 針線／针线 (zhēnxiàn)
• 針線活／针线活 (zhēnxiànhuó)
• 針線活兒／针线活儿 (zhēnxiànhuór)

 

• (thimble): 頂針／顶针 (dǐngzhēn)