入木三分

Chinese

		to enter	tree; wood	three	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (入木三分)		入	木	三	分
simp. #(入木三分)		入	木	三	分

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rùmùsānfēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄙㄢ ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jap⁶ muk⁶ saam¹ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùmùsānfēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄙㄢ ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùmùsanfen
    • Wade–Giles: ju⁴-mu⁴-san¹-fên¹
    • Yale: rù-mù-sān-fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhmuhsanfen
    • Palladius: жумусаньфэнь (žumusanʹfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jap⁶ muk⁶ saam¹ fan¹
    • Yale: yahp muhk sāam fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁹ muk⁹ saam¹ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeb⁶ mug⁶ sam¹ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚² mʊk̚² saːm⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 入木三分

1. written in a forceful hand; penetrating; profound