掌上明珠

Chinese

		palm (of hand); in charge of	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	pearl; bead
simp. and trad. (掌上明珠)		掌	上	明	珠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎng shàng míng zhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² soeng⁶ ming⁴ zyu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎng shàng míng zhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎng shàng míng jhu
    • Wade–Giles: chang³ shang⁴ ming² chu¹
    • Yale: jǎng shàng míng jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaang shanq ming ju
    • Palladius: чжан шан мин чжу (čžan šan min čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² soeng⁶ ming⁴ zyu¹
    • Yale: jéung seuhng mìhng jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² soeng⁶ ming⁴ dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² sêng⁶ ming⁴ ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ sœːŋ²² mɪŋ²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵/

Idiom

掌上明珠

1. (figuratively) apple of my eye