摳字眼

See also: 抠字眼

Chinese

		dig out (with finger); stingy	words or expressions used to express a specific meaning; choice of words; wording
trad. (摳字眼)		摳	字眼
simp. (抠字眼)		抠	字眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōuzìyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡ ㄗˋ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau¹ zi⁶ ngaan⁵
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kêu¹ si⁴ ngian³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kou¹ ri⁷ ngang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōuzìyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡ ㄗˋ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kouzìhyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou¹-tzŭ⁴-yen³
    • Yale: kōu-dz̀-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koutzyhyean
    • Palladius: коуцзыянь (kouczyjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (摳字眼兒／抠字眼儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōuzìyǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡ ㄗˋ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kouzìhyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou¹-tzŭ⁴-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: kōu-dz̀-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koutzyhyeal
    • Palladius: коуцзыяньр (kouczyjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau¹ zi⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: kāu jih ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau¹ dzi⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo¹ ji⁶ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː²² ŋaːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kêu¹ si⁴ ngian³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰeu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋian³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kou¹ ri⁷ ngang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khou jī ngáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou³³⁻²³ d͡zi¹¹ ŋaŋ⁵²/

Verb

摳⫽字眼 (verb-object)

1. to pay too much attention to the shades of meanings of words; to find fault with the choice of words

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 摳字眼 (“to find fault with the choice of words; to be picky with words”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		摳字眼, 挑字眼, 咬字眼
Mandarin	Beijing	摳字眼兒, 挑字眼兒, 咬字眼兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	捉字蝨
	Hong Kong	捉字蝨
Hakka	Meixian	捉字蝨, 摳字眼
Southern Min	Xiamen	鑽字縫, 鑽字眼, 吮字骨
	Shantou	研字仁, 摳字眼