點字

See also: 点字

Chinese

		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (點字)		點	字
simp. (点字)		点	字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diǎnzì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² zi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiám-chū / tiám-jī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnzìh
  - Wade–Giles: tien³-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: dyǎn-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deantzyh
  - Palladius: дяньцзы (djanʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dim² zi⁶
  - Yale: dím jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dim² dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dim² ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ t͡siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiám-chū
  - Tâi-lô: tiám-tsū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diafmzu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiám-jī
  - Tâi-lô: tiám-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diafmji
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi³³/

Noun

點字

braille (system of writing using raised dots)

Synonyms

布萊葉 / 布莱叶 (Bùláiyè) (informal)
布萊葉盲文 / 布莱叶盲文 (Bùláiyè mángwén)
盲字 (mángzì)
盲文 (mángwén)

Dialectal synonyms of 盲字 (“braille”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		盲字, 點字, 盲文
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	點字
Cantonese	Hong Kong	點字, 凸字
Southern Min	Xiamen	盲字, 點字, 盲文
	Quanzhou	盲文
	Zhangzhou	盲文
	Taipei	點字 GT, 膨字 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (點字):

→ Japanese: 点(てん)字(じ) (tenji)
→ Korean: 점자(點字) (jeomja)