如坐針氈
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]as (if); such as | to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.) | needle; pin; injection | felt | ||
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trad. (如坐針氈) | 如 | 坐 | 針 | 氈 | |
simp. (如坐针毡) | 如 | 坐 | 针 | 毡 | |
Literally: “as if sitting on pins and needles”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄣ ㄓㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rúzuòjhenjhan
- Wade–Giles: ju2-tso4-chên1-chan1
- Yale: rú-dzwò-jēn-jān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rutzuohjenjan
- Palladius: жуцзочжэньчжань (žuczočžɛnʹčžanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐu³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyu4 zo6 zam1 zin1
- Yale: yùh joh jām jīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy4 dzo6 dzam1 dzin1
- Guangdong Romanization: yu4 zo6 zem1 jin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː²¹ t͡sɔː²² t͡sɐm⁵⁵ t͡siːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]如坐針氈