指南針

See also: 指南针

Chinese

		finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate	south	needle; pin; injection
trad. (指南針)		指	南	針
simp. (指南针)		指	南	针
Literally: “the needle that points south”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐnánzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² naam⁴ zam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-nàm-chṳ̂m
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-lâm-cham / chí-lâm-chiam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐnánzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhnánjhen
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-nan²-chên¹
    • Yale: jř-nán-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyynanjen
    • Palladius: чжинаньчжэнь (čžinanʹčžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² naam⁴ zam¹
    • Yale: jí nàahm jām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² naam⁴ dzam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² nam⁴ zem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ naːm²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-nàm-chṳ̂m
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ nam^ˇ ziim^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ nam² zim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ nam¹¹ t͡sɨm²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-lâm-cham
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-lâm-tsam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cylamzafm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lam²⁴⁻²² t͡sam³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-lâm-chiam
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-lâm-tsiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cylamciafm
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lam¹³⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lam²⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 指南針

1. (literally, figuratively) compass

Synonyms

• (literary) 南針／南针 (nánzhēn)

(deprecated template usage)