屈指

Chinese

		bent; feel wronged	finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
trad. (屈指)		屈	指
simp. #(屈指)		屈	指

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khut-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyujhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-chih³
    • Yale: chyū-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiujyy
    • Palladius: цюйчжи (cjujčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wat¹ zi²
    • Yale: wāt jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khut-chí
    • Tâi-lô: khut-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qutcie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰut̚³²⁻⁵ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si⁵³/

Verb

屈指

1. to count on one's fingers (an amount that is countable with fingers, i.e. counting the top few things)

Derived terms

• 屈指一算 (qūzhǐyīsuàn)
• 屈指可數／屈指可数 (qūzhǐkěshǔ)
• 首屈一指 (shǒuqūyīzhǐ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (屈指):

• → Japanese: 屈指(くっし) (kusshi)
• → Korean: 굴지(屈指) (gulji)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
屈	指
くつ > くっ Grade: S	し Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

屈(くっ)指(し) • (kusshi) 

1. one of the best, having the topmost quality of

   世界(せかい)屈指(くっし)の技術力(ぎじゅつりょく)を誇(ほこ)る。

   Sekai kusshi no gijutsuryoku o hokoru.

   It boasts the topmost advanced technologies in the world.

Synonyms

• 指折(ゆびお)り (yubiori)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.