點睛

Chinese

		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word))	eye
trad. (點睛)		點	睛
simp. (点睛)		点	睛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diǎnjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² zing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnjing
  - Wade–Giles: tien³-ching¹
  - Yale: dyǎn-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanjing
  - Palladius: дяньцзин (djanʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dim² zing¹
  - Yale: dím jīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dim² dzing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dim² jing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

點睛

(literally) to dot in the eyes on a painting
(figurative) to add the finishing touch

Derived terms

畫龍點睛／画龙点睛 (huàlóngdiǎnjīng)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.