近在咫尺

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	very short distance
trad. (近在咫尺)		近	在	咫尺
simp. #(近在咫尺)		近	在	咫尺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnzàizhǐchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄓˇ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ zoi⁶ zi² cek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnzàizhǐchǐ [Phonetic: jìnzàizhíchǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄓˇ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnzàijhǐhchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-tsai⁴-chih³-chʻih³
    • Yale: jìn-dzài-jř-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinntzayjyychyy
    • Palladius: цзиньцзайчжичи (czinʹczajčžiči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan⁶ zoi⁶ zi² cek³
    • Yale: gahn joih jí chek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ dzoi⁶ dzi² tsek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen⁶ zoi⁶ ji² cég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² t͡sɔːi̯²² t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰɛːk̚³/

Idiom

近在咫尺

1. very near in distance; at one's elbow