染指
Chinese
to catch (a disease); dye | finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate | ||
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trad. (染指) | 染 | 指 | |
simp. #(染指) | 染 | 指 |
Etymology
- 楚人獻黿於鄭靈公。公子宋與子家將見,子公之食指動,以示子家,曰:‘他日我如此,必嘗異味。’……及食大夫黿,召子公而弗與也。子公怒,染指於鼎,嘗之而出。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Chǔ rén xiàn yuán yú Zhènglínggōng. Gōngzǐ Sòng yǔ Zǐjiā jiāng jiàn, Zǐgōng zhī shízhǐ dòng, yǐ shì Zǐjiā, yuē: ‘Tārì wǒ rúcǐ, bì cháng yìwèi.’...... Jí shí dàfū yuán, zhào Zǐgōng ér fú yǔ yě. Zǐgōng nù, rǎn zhǐ yúdǐng, cháng zhī ér chū. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
楚人献鼋于郑灵公。公子宋与子家将见,子公之食指动,以示子家,曰:‘他日我如此,必尝异味。’……及食大夫鼋,召子公而弗与也。子公怒,染指于鼎,尝之而出。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jim5 zi2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jiám-cháiⁿ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˇ ㄓˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rǎnjhǐh
- Wade–Giles: jan3-chih3
- Yale: rǎn-jř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raanjyy
- Palladius: жаньчжи (žanʹčži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jim5 zi2
- Yale: yíhm jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: jim5 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: yim5 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːm¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiám-cháiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: jiám-tsáinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: jiafmzvae
- IPA (Xiamen): /d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡ziam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sãi⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /d͡ziam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: nyemX|nyemH tsyijX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.n[a]mʔ mə.kijʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*njomʔ|njoms kjiʔ/
Verb
染指
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