節骨眼

Chinese

		festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	bone	eye
trad. (節骨眼)		節	骨	眼
simp. (节骨眼)		节	骨	眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiēguyǎn, jiéguyǎn, jiégǔyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ ˙ㄍㄨㄧㄢˇ, ㄐㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄧㄢˇ, ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiēguyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ˙ㄍㄨㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiegůyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chieh¹-ku⁵-yen³
  - Yale: jyē-gu-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jie.guyean
  - Palladius: цзегуянь (czegujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ g̊u² jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiēguyǎnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ˙ㄍㄨㄧㄢˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiegůyǎnr
  - Wade–Giles: chieh¹-ku⁵-yen³-ʼrh
  - Yale: jyē-gu-yǎnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jie.guyeal
  - Palladius: цзегуяньр (czegujanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ g̊u² jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiéguyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiégůyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²-ku⁵-yen³
  - Yale: jyé-gu-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye.guyean
  - Palladius: цзегуянь (czegujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ g̊u³ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiéguyǎnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄧㄢˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiégůyǎnr
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²-ku⁵-yen³-ʼrh
  - Yale: jyé-gu-yǎnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye.guyeal
  - Palladius: цзегуяньр (czegujanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ g̊u³ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiégǔyǎn [Phonetic: jiégúyǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiégǔyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²-ku³-yen³
  - Yale: jyé-gǔ-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyeguuyean
  - Palladius: цзегуянь (czegujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiégǔyǎnr [Phonetic: jiégúyǎnr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiégǔyǎnr
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²-ku³-yen³-ʼrh
  - Yale: jyé-gǔ-yǎnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyeguuyeal
  - Palladius: цзегуяньр (czegujanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

節骨眼

(colloquial) critical juncture; crucial moment

Derived terms

節骨眼上 / 节骨眼上