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[1] needle; needle-like object [2] injection; shot [3] stitch [4] acupuncture Stroke count: 10
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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針 / 针 | ||
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指南針 zi2 naam4 zam1 = compass (for indicating direction) 藥水針 joek6 seoi2 zam1 = hypodermic needle 針對 zam1 deoi3 = be directed against 打針 daa2 zam1 = to give or receive an injection 針冇兩頭利 zam1 mou5 loeng5 tau4 lei6 = there's no rose without thorns, no such thing as perfect 粵 針灸 zam1 gau3 = accupuncture; acupuncture 針筒 zam1 tung4*2 = syringe 指針 zi2 zam1 = pointer on a guage or meter; a clock hand 方針 fong1 zam1 = policy 扣針 kau3 zam1 = [醫]: fibula; [粵]: pin 針眼 zam1 ngaan5 = pinholing, a needle hole 黃蜂尾後針最毒婦人心 wong4 fung1 mei5 hau5 zam1 zeoi3 duk6 fu5 jan4 sam1 = a woman can be deadly and vicious (more than the hornet's sting) 針腳 zam1 goek3 = stitch 探熱針 taam3 jit6 zam1 = a clinical thermometer; a fever thermometer 粵 針織 zam1 zik1 = knit 銀針 ngan4 zam1 = silver needles (acupuncture needles); bean sprouts without ends 鶴針 hok6 zam1 = cornetfish 織針 zik1/zek1 zam1 = a knitting needle 針黹 zam1 zi2 = needlework 金針菜 gam1 zam1 coi3 = a day lily 教育方針 gaau3 juk6 fong1 zam1 = policy for education; educational policy 打防疫針 daa2 fong4 jik6 zam1 = to innoculate/receive innoculation 防疫針 fong4 jik6 zam1 = anti-epidemic vaccine 霍亂針 fok3 lyun6 zam1 = anti-cholera vaccine 針紙 zam1 zi2 = certificate of inoculation against cholera 卡介苗針 kaa1 gaai3 miu4 zam1 = BCG vaccine 預防疫症針 jyu6 fong4 jik6 zing3 zam1 = anti-epidemic vaccine 預防霍亂針 jyu6 fong4 fok3 lyun6 zam1 = anti-cholera vaccine 金針 gam1 zam1 = dried lily flower 無針注射器 mou4 zam1 zyu3 se6 hei3 = jet injector 擺針 baai2 zam1 = axis; balancing point; pointer 避雷針 bei6 leoi4 zam1 = lightning rod 反時針方向 faan2 si4 zam1 fong1 hoeng3 = anticlockwise (counterclockwise) direction 逆時針方向 jik6 si4 zam1 fong1 hoeng3 = counterclockwise or anticlockwise direction 順時針方向 seon6 si4 zam1 fong1 hoeng3 = clockwise 聯針 lyun4 zam1 = stitch, a sewing needle 粵 呔針 taai1 zam1 = a tie tack 松針 cung4 zam1 = a pine needle 別針 bit6 zam1 = pin 國 扎針 zaat3 zam1 = to give or have an acupuncture treatment 針波 zam1 bo1 = [n] jump ball 粵 曲別針 kuk1 bit6 zam1 = paper clip 煲針 bou1 zam1 = disinfecting needles for an injection (lit., "boil needles") 穿針 cyun1 zam1 = to thread a needle 打針紙 daa2 zam1 zi2 = paper that proves the innoculations one has received (lit., "injection paper") 快過打針 faai3 gwo3 daa2 zam1 = very quick (lit., "quicker than giving an injection") 穿針引線 cyun1 zam1 jan5 sin3 = act as a go-between (common formation) 一針見血 jat1 zam1 gin3 hyut3 = to the point; exactly right 指北針 zi2 bak1 zam1 = a compass (for determining direction, typically 指南針) 針葉林 zam1 jip6 lam4 = a coniferous forest 北方針葉林 bak1 fong1 zam1 jip6 lam4 = taiga (common formation) 只要有恆心,鐵柱磨成針 zi2 jiu3 jau5 hang4 sam1, tit3 cyu5 mo4 sing4 zam1 = as long as you have perseverance, you can achieve it no matter what 回形針 wui4 jing4 zam1 = paper clip 穿針器 cyun1 zam1 hei3 = a needle threader (device to aid in threading a needle) 針氈 zam1 zin1 = to be on pins and needles 針鼢 zam1 fan4 = spiny anteater, echidna 唱針 coeng3 zam1 = a phonograph needle; a gramophone stylus 插針 caap3 zam1 = a contact pin; needling (form of torture/execution) 針灸師 zam1 gau3 si1 = acupuncturist (common formation) 縫針 fung6 zam1 = stitch, a sewing needle 做針 zou6 zam1 = to act as an informant (lit., "act as a needle") 粵 換畫快過打針 wun6 waa6*2 faai3 gwo3 daa2 zam1 = be quick to make new girlfriends 粵 針卡 zam1 kaat1 = vaccination card 針咭 zam1 kaat1 = vaccination card 粵 針包 zam1 baau1 = pincushion 心口針 sam1 hau2 zam1 = brooch 粵 襟針 kam1 zam1 = brooch 粵 眼挑針 ngaan5 tiu1 zam1 = stye, sty 粵 針孔 zam1 hung2 = pinhole 針孔眼鏡 zam1 hung2 ngaan5 geng3*2 = pinhole glasses; stenopeic glasses (common formation) 玩針對 waan4*2 zam1 deoi3 = to intentionally pick on; to give a person a hard time on purpose 粵 銀針粉 ngan4 zam1 fan2 = needle shaped noodles 針鋒相對 zam1 fung1 soeng1 deoi3 = tit for tat; quid pro quo 針刺 zam1 ci3 = to prick with a needle; to treat by acupuncture 只要功夫深,鐵杵磨成針 zi2 jiu3 gung1 fu1 sam1 tit3 cyu5 mo4 sing4 zam1 = Constant grinding can turn an iron rod into a needle 只要工夫深,鐵杵磨成針 zi2 jiu3 gung1 fu1 sam1 tit3 cyu5 mo4 sing4 zam1 = Constant grinding can turn an iron rod into a needle 解剖針 gaai2 pau2 zam1 = mounted needle 針山 zam1 saan1 = Cham Shan (Needle Hill): hiking area noted as the site of lead and tungsten mines 磨杵成針 mo4 cyu5 sing4 zam1 = perseverence spells success 鐵杵磨成針 tit3 cyu5 mo4 sing4 zam1 = perseverence spells success |
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唔好偷𥊙人哋沖涼,如果唔係會生眼挑針! 粵 ?!
Don't spy on people when they are showering, otherwise you'll get a stye! [There is an old wives' tale linking styes to spying on people when they are bathing.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |