刺字

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (刺字)		刺	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ zi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiah-lī / chhiah-jī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhzìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhtzyh
    • Palladius: цыцзы (cyczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ zi⁶
    • Yale: chi jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ t͡siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-lī
    • Tâi-lô: tshiah-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiahli
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)⁵ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-jī
    • Tâi-lô: tshiah-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiahji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ zi³³/

Verb

刺字

1. to tattoo
2. (archaic) to tattoo the face (as punishment)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紋身 (“to tattoo”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		文身, 紋身, 刺青
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	紋身, 刺青
	Singapore	紋身
Cantonese	Hong Kong	紋身
Gan	Lichuan	紋身
Southern Min	Xiamen	刺龍, 刺鳳, 刺字, 紋身
	Quanzhou	刺字, 紋身
	Zhangzhou	紋身
	Tainan	刺字 GT, 刺龍 GT, 刺鳳 GT, 紋身 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	畫尪公
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)