紙紮

See also: 纸扎

Chinese

		paper	tie with string or ribbon; bind with rope or cord; to stop
trad. (紙紮)		紙	紮
simp. (纸扎)		纸	扎
alternative forms		紙札／纸札 紙劄／纸劄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐzhá

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄓㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² zaat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐzhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄓㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjhá
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-cha²
    • Yale: jř-já
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjar
    • Palladius: чжичжа (čžičža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² zaat³
    • Yale: jí jaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² dzaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² zad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ t͡saːt̚³/

Noun

紙紮

1. joss paper offerings, such as hell money
   • 2020, 中国痛China Reggaeton MV 制作花絮‎^[1], spoken by 黄秋生 [Anthony Wong]:

     著咗一朝，淋嗮水，我先發覺原來係紙做嘅喎。真係大吉利是呀，叫我著件紙紮嘅衫嘅，真係。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     着咗一朝，淋嗮水，我先发觉原来系纸做嘅㖞。真系大吉利是呀，叫我着件纸扎嘅衫嘅，真系。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     zoek³ zo² jat¹ ziu¹, lam⁴ saai³ seoi², ngo⁵ sin¹ faat³ gok³ jyun⁴ loi⁴ hai⁶ zi² zou⁶ ge³ waa¹. zan¹ hai⁶ daai⁶ gat¹ lai⁶ si⁶ aa³, giu³ ngo⁵ zoek³ gin⁶ zi² zaat³ ge³ saam¹ ge³, zan¹ hai⁶. [Jyutping]

     After wearing the whole morning and soaking wet, then only I realised it was paper actually. Touch wood. How dare they ask me to wear a paper folded shirt.