進針

Chinese

		advance; enter; to come in	needle; pin; injection
trad. (進針)		進	針
simp. (进针)		进	针

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³ zam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnjhen
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-chên¹
    • Yale: jìn-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnjen
    • Palladius: цзиньчжэнь (czinʹčžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon³ zam¹
    • Yale: jeun jām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ dzam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên³ zem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn³³ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/

Verb

進針

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to press a needle into the human body according to acupunctural channels and points
2. (medicine) to insert a needle (such as when performing cannulation)