拭目以待

Chinese

		wipe	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title	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
trad. (拭目以待)		拭	目	以	待
simp. ^#(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
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): sek-bo̍k-í-tāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìmùyǐdài
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhmùyǐdài
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-mu⁴-i³-tai⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-mù-yǐ-dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhmuhyiiday
  - Palladius: шимуидай (šimuidaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ muk⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶
  - Yale: sīk muhk yíh doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ muk⁹ ji⁵ doi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ mug⁶ yi⁵ doi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ mʊk̚² jiː¹³ tɔːi̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-bo̍k-í-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: sik-bo̍k-í-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekbog'y'dai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai²²/

Idiom

拭目以待

to anticipate or wait for something to happen

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