彈指一揮間
Chinese
| in the blink of an eye; in a flash | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
scatter; wield; wipe away | interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word) | ||
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| trad. (彈指一揮間) | 彈指 | 一 | 揮 | 間 | |
| simp. (弹指一挥间) | 弹指 | 一 | 挥 | 间 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tánzhǐ yī huī jiān [Phonetic: tánzhǐ yì huī jiān]
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄓˇ ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tánjhǐh yi huei jian
- Wade–Giles: tʻan2-chih3 i1 hui1 chien1
- Yale: tán-jř yī hwēi jyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnjyy i huei jian
- Palladius: таньчжи и хуэй цзянь (tanʹčži i xuej czjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: taan4 zi2 jat1 fai1 gaan1
- Yale: tàahn jí yāt fāi gāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: taan4 dzi2 jat7 fai1 gaan1
- Guangdong Romanization: tan4 ji2 yed1 fei1 gan1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
彈指一揮間