機杼
Chinese
editmachine; opportunity; secret | shuttle of a loom | ||
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trad. (機杼) | 機 | 杼 | |
simp. (机杼) | 机 | 杼 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄓㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jijhù
- Wade–Giles: chi1-chu4
- Yale: jī-jù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijuh
- Palladius: цзичжу (czičžu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gei1 cyu5
- Yale: gēi chyúh
- Cantonese Pinyin: gei1 tsy5
- Guangdong Romanization: géi1 qu5
- Sinological IPA (key): /kei̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Noun
edit機杼
- (literary, literal) loom
- 昔孟母,擇鄰處。子不學,斷機杼。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: Three Character Classic, circa 13th century CE
- Xī Mèng mǔ, zé lín chù. Zǐ bù xué, duàn jīzhù. [Pinyin]
- Of old, the mother of Mencius chose a neighbourhood; and when her child would not learn, she broke the shuttle from the loom.
昔孟母,择邻处。子不学,断机杼。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- 唧唧復唧唧,木蘭當戶織。不聞機杼聲,惟聞女嘆息。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Ballad of Mulan, circa 6ᵗʰ century ᴄᴇ
- Jījī fù jījī, Mùlán dāng hù zhī. Bù wén jīzhù shēng, wéi wén nǚ tànxī. [Pinyin]
- The sound of one sigh after another, as Mulan weaves at the doorway. No sound of the loom and shuttle, only that of the girl lamenting.
唧唧复唧唧,木兰当户织。不闻机杼声,惟闻女叹息。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, figurative) conception (of a piece of writing)