千夫所指

Chinese

		thousand	husband; man	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
trad. (千夫所指)		千	夫	所	指
simp. #(千夫所指)		千	夫	所	指
Literally: “to be critized by thousand men”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānfūsuǒzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄈㄨ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ fu¹ so² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānfūsuǒzhǐ [Phonetic: qiānfūsuózhǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄈㄨ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianfusuǒjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-fu¹-so³-chih³
    • Yale: chyān-fū-swǒ-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianfusuoojyy
    • Palladius: цяньфусочжи (cjanʹfusočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ fu¹ so² zi²
    • Yale: chīn fū só jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ fu¹ so² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ fu¹ so² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

千夫所指

1. criticism from the public; universal condemnation