彈指

See also: 弹指

Chinese

		bullet; shot; ball bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach	finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
trad. (彈指)		彈	指
simp. (弹指)		弹	指

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tánzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan⁶ zi² / taan⁴ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tân-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tánzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tánjhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan²-chih³
  - Yale: tán-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnjyy
  - Palladius: таньчжи (tanʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    彈指／弹指
    潭祉
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan⁶ zi² / taan⁴ zi²
  - Yale: daahn jí / tàahn jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan⁶ dzi² / taan⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan⁶ ji² / tan⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²² t͡siː³⁵/, /tʰaːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tân-chí
  - Tâi-lô: tân-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dancie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tan²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tan²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan¹³⁻²² t͡si⁵³/

Adverb

彈指

(figurative) in the blink of an eye; in a flash

Synonyms

(in the blink of an eye):

轉目／转目 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
轉眼／转眼 (zhuǎnyǎn)
轉瞬／转瞬 (zhuǎnshùn)
轉身／转身 (zhuǎnshēn)
轉頭／转头 (literary or Cantonese)

Noun

彈指

(obsolete, Buddhism, archaic) small unit of time (depending on source, either 7.2 or 0.25 seconds long)
(obsolete) designation for 10^-17

Derived terms

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