找碴

Chinese

		to try to find; to look for; to call on (sb) to try to find; to look for; to call on (sb); to find; to seek; to return	fault; glass fragment; quarrel
trad. (找碴)		找	碴
simp. #(找碴)		找	碴
alternative forms		找茬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎochá

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau² zaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎochá
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎochá
    • Wade–Giles: chao³-chʻa²
    • Yale: jǎu-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaochar
    • Palladius: чжаоча (čžaoča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎochár
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ㄔㄚˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎochár
    • Wade–Giles: chao³-chʻa²-ʼrh
    • Yale: jǎu-chár
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaocharl
    • Palladius: чжаочар (čžaočar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaau² zaa¹
    • Yale: jáau jā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau² dzaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zao² za¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯³⁵ t͡saː⁵⁵/

Verb

找碴

1. to look for trouble; to pick fault with; to nitpick

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 揣空揣縫／揣空揣缝