食指大動

Chinese

		index finger; mouths to feed	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (食指大動)		食指	大	動
simp. (食指大动)		食指	大	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shízhǐdàdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄓˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shízhǐdàdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄓˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjhǐhdàdòng
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chih³-ta⁴-tung⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-jř-dà-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjyydahdonq
    • Palladius: шичжидадун (šičžidadun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

食指大動

1. to be excited to dig into the delicious food