引咎

Chinese

		to lead; to divert (water); to guide	blame
trad. (引咎)		引	咎
simp. #(引咎)		引	咎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵ gau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ín-kiū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnjiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnjiòu
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-chiu⁴
    • Yale: yǐn-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinjiow
    • Palladius: иньцзю (inʹczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁵ gau³
    • Yale: yáhn gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁵ geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³ kɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-kiū
    • Tâi-lô: ín-kiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ynkiu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiu⁴¹/

Verb

引咎

1. (formal) to hold oneself responsible for a serious mistake; to take the blame

   引咎辭職 [MSC, trad.]
   引咎辞职 [MSC, simp.]

   yǐnjiù cízhí [Pinyin]

   to resign and take the blame