寸止

Chinese

		a unit of length	to stop; prohibit; till
simp. and trad. (寸止)		寸	止

Etymology

Apparently from Japanese 寸(すん)止(ど)め (sundome) (originally a karate argot: deliberately halting one's strike or kick just short of making contact with the opponent)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cùnzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cùnzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cùnjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻun⁴-chih³
    • Yale: tswùn-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuennjyy
    • Palladius: цуньчжи (cunʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun³ zi²
    • Yale: chyun jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

寸止

1. to edge (to delay one's orgasm to the point just short of one's climax)