指天椒

Chinese

		finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate	day; sky; heaven	pepper
trad. (指天椒)		指	天	椒
simp. #(指天椒)		指	天	椒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐtiānjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² tin¹ ziu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-thian-chio

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐtiānjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhtianjiao
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-tʻien¹-chiao¹
    • Yale: jř-tyān-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyytianjiau
    • Palladius: чжитяньцзяо (čžitjanʹczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² tin¹ ziu¹
    • Yale: jí tīn jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² tin¹ dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² tin¹ jiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-thian-chio
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-thian-tsio
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'tiencioy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sio⁴⁴/

Noun

指天椒

1. (regional) facing heaven pepper (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 c; 隻／只 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 朝天椒 (“facing heaven pepper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		朝天椒
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	朝天椒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	朝天椒, 線兒椒, 羊角椒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	朝天椒
	Wuhan	天椒, 尖椒
	Guiyang	朝天辣角
	Liuzhou	指天椒
	Nanning (Wuming)	指天椒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	朝天椒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	指天椒
	Hong Kong	指天椒
	Dongguan	指天椒
	Nanning	指天椒
Hakka	Meixian	米椒仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	米椒, 朝天椒
	Yudu	指天辣椒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	望天椒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	指天椒
Wu	Wenzhou	朝天薑
Xiang	Changsha	朝天辣椒