針線活

Chinese

		needlework; needle and thread	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (針線活/針綫活)		針線/針綫	活
simp. (针线活)		针线	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnxiànhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ sin³ wut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnxiànhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhensiànhuó
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-hsien⁴-huo²
    • Yale: jēn-syàn-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenshiannhwo
    • Palladius: чжэньсяньхо (čžɛnʹsjanʹxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹ sin³ wut⁶
    • Yale: jām sin wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ sin³ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ xin³ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ siːn³³ wuːt̚²/

Noun

針線活

1. needlework

Synonyms

• 女事 (nǚshì) (archaic)
• 女工 (nǚgōng)
• 女紅／女红 (nǚgōng)
• 針指／针指 (zhēnzhǐ) (literary)
• 針線／针线 (zhēnxiàn)
• 針線活兒／针线活儿 (zhēnxiànhuór)
• 針黹／针黹 (zhēnzhǐ) (literary)