點睛之筆

Chinese

		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	eye	's; him/her/it; this	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (點睛之筆)		點	睛	之	筆
simp. (点睛之笔)		点	睛	之	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎnjīngzhībǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² zing¹ zi¹ bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnjīngzhībǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnjingjhihbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tien³-ching¹-chih¹-pi³
    • Yale: dyǎn-jīng-jr̄-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanjingjybii
    • Palladius: дяньцзинчжиби (djanʹczinčžibi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim² zing¹ zi¹ bat¹
    • Yale: dím jīng jī bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim² dzing¹ dzi¹ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim² jing¹ ji¹ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

點睛之筆

1. the finishing touch to a painting; the crucial point that brings the subject to life