如坐針氈

Chinese

		as (if); such as	to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	needle; pin; injection	felt
trad. (如坐針氈)		如	坐	針	氈
simp. (如坐针毡)		如	坐	针	毡
Literally: “as if sitting on pins and needles”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúzuòzhēnzhān

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄣ ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ zo⁶ zam¹ zin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúzuòzhēnzhān
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄣ ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúzuòjhenjhan
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-tso⁴-chên¹-chan¹
    • Yale: rú-dzwò-jēn-jān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rutzuohjenjan
    • Palladius: жуцзочжэньчжань (žuczočžɛnʹčžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ zo⁶ zam¹ zin¹
    • Yale: yùh joh jām jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ dzo⁶ dzam¹ dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ zo⁶ zem¹ jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ t͡sɔː²² t͡sɐm⁵⁵ t͡siːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

如坐針氈

1. to feel very anxious and uneasy