針黹

Chinese

		needle; pin; injection	embroidery
trad. (針黹/鍼黹)		針/鍼	黹
simp. (针黹)		针	黹
alternative forms		針指／针指

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ zi²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieng³ zi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-chí / cham-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-chih³
    • Yale: jēn-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenjyy
    • Palladius: чжэньчжи (čžɛnʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹ zi²
    • Yale: jām jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng³ zi³ [Phonetic: zieng⁵ ni³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛŋ⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ni⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng³ zi³ [Phonetic: zieng⁵ ni³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛŋ³³²⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ni³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chí
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamcie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cham-chí
    • Tâi-lô: tsam-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zamcie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam³³ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

針黹

1. (literary or dialectal) needlework

   我娘嬭舊底靠做針黹趁食。 [Puxian Min, trad.]
   我娘妳旧底靠做针黹趁食。 [Puxian Min, simp.]

   guoh³ nieo² le³ gu⁵ de³ kor⁴ zo⁴ zieng³ zi³ teng⁴ sia². [Pouseng Ping'ing]

   My mother used to make a living by doing needlework.

   • 這人姓王名冕，在諸暨縣鄉村裡住。七歲上死了父親，他母親做點針黹供給他到村學堂裡去讀書。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     这人姓王名冕，在诸暨县乡村里住。七岁上死了父亲，他母亲做点针黹供给他到村学堂里去读书。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Zhè rén xìng Wáng míng Miǎn, zài Zhūjì Xiàn xiāngcūn lǐ zhù. Qī suì shàng sǐ le fùqīn, tā mǔqīn zuò diǎn zhēnzhǐ gōnggěi tā dào cūn xuétáng lǐ qù dúshū. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Mainland China Hokkien) thimble (a protective cap for the finger)

Synonyms

• (needlework):

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• 女事 (nǚshì) (archaic)
• 女工 (nǚgōng)
• 女紅 / 女红 (nǚgōng)
• 針指 / 针指 (zhēnzhǐ) (literary)
• 針線 / 针线 (zhēnxiàn)
• 針線活 / 针线活 (zhēnxiànhuó)
• 針線活兒 / 针线活儿 (zhēnxiànhuór)

Dialectal synonyms of 頂針 (“thimble (a protective cap for the finger)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頂針
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	頂針兒, 頂根兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	頂針兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	頂針兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	頂針兒
	Wanrong	頂撐子
	Xi'an	頂針兒
	Xining	頂針兒, 頂針子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	頂針子
	Ürümqi	頂針兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	頂針兒, 頂針
	Liuzhou	頂指, 頂針
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	頂針
Cantonese	Dongguan	頂指
Gan	Nanchang	頂針
	Lichuan	頂針
	Pingxiang	頂針
Hakka	Meixian	頂指
	Yudu	頂針
Jin	Taiyuan	頂針子
	Xinzhou	頂針子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頂針
Southern Min	Xiamen	針黹, 銅黹 bronze
	Quanzhou	針黹, 銅黹 bronze
	Zhangzhou	針黹, 銅黹 bronze
	Tainan	針指 GT
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	頂針
Wu	Shanghai	頂針箍
	Hangzhou	頂針兒, 頂針箍兒
	Wenzhou	頂針兒

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “针黹”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 582.