拭目以待

Chinese

			to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
simp. and trad. (拭目以待)		拭目	以	待
Literally: “to wipe one's eye to wait”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìmùyǐdài

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ muk⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìmùyǐdài
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhmuhyyiday
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ muk⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶
  - Yale: sīk muhk yíh doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ muk⁹ ji⁵ doi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ mug⁶ yi⁵ doi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ mʊk̚² jiː¹³ tɔːi̯²²/

Idiom

拭目以待

to anticipate or wait for something to happen

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