染指

Chinese

		to catch (a disease); dye	finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
simp. and trad. (染指)		染	指

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rǎnzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˇ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁵ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): jiám-cháiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rǎnzhǐ [Phonetic: ránzhǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˇ ㄓˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raanjyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐa̠n²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁵ zi²
  - Yale: yíhm jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁵ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁵ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːm¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiám-cháiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: jiám-tsáinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jiafmzvae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /d͡ʑiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡ʑiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sãɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /d͡ʑiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãɪ⁴¹/

Verb

染指

to encroach on; to have a hand in
to meddle in; to interfere in

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