分寸

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	a unit of length
trad. (分寸)		分	寸
simp. #(分寸)		分	寸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēncùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄘㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ cyun³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûn-chhun
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-chhùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēncùn → fēncun (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄘㄨㄣˋ → ㄈㄣ ˙ㄘㄨㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fencůn
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹-tsʻun⁵
    • Yale: fēn-tswun
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fen.tsuenn
    • Palladius: фэньцунь (fɛnʹcunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹/ → /fən⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ cyun³
    • Yale: fān chyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ tsyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ qun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-chhun
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ cun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ cun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-chhùn
    • Tâi-lô: hun-tshùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunzhuxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ t͡sʰun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun²¹/

Noun

分寸

1. (literally) fen and cun, two ancient Chinese units of length
2. (figurative) sense of propriety; proper limits (of decorum, speech, behaviour, etc.)

Synonyms

• (sense of propriety): 尺寸 (chǐcùn), 深淺／深浅 (shēnqiǎn)

Derived terms

• 不知分寸 (bùzhīfēncùn)
• 分寸之末
• 分寸感 (fēncùngǎn)
• 有分寸
• 沒分寸 / 没分寸

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (分寸):

• → Korean: 분촌(分寸) (bunchon)

Adjective

分寸

1. (figurative) small; little; insignificant; negligible