機杼

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Chinese

		machine; opportunity; secret	shuttle of a loom
trad. (機杼)		機	杼
simp. (机杼)		机	杼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ cyu⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹ci-tshy; ¹ci-zy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīzhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄓㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jijhù
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-chu⁴
  - Yale: jī-jù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijuh
  - Palladius: цзичжу (czičžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹ cyu⁵
  - Yale: gēi chyúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ tsy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ qu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ci-tshy; ¹ci-zy
  - MiniDict: ci^平 tshy; ci^平 zy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ji-tshr; ¹ji-zr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹/, /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/

Noun

機杼

(literary, literal) loom
- 昔孟母，擇鄰處。子不學，斷機杼。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  昔孟母，择邻处。子不学，断机杼。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Three Character Classic, circa 13^th century CE
  Xī Mèng mǔ, zé lín chù. Zǐ bù xué, duàn jīzhù. [Pinyin]
  Of old, the mother of Mencius chose a neighbourhood; and when her child would not learn, she broke the shuttle from the loom.
- 唧唧復唧唧，木蘭當戶織。不聞機杼聲，惟聞女嘆息。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  唧唧复唧唧，木兰当户织。不闻机杼声，惟闻女叹息。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Ballad of Mulan, circa 6ᵗʰ century ᴄᴇ
  Jījī fù jījī, Mùlán dāng hù zhī. Bù wén jīzhù shēng, wéi wén nǚ tànxī. [Pinyin]
  The sound of one sigh after another, as Mulan weaves at the doorway. No sound of the loom and shuttle, only that of the girl lamenting.
(literary, figurative) conception (of a piece of writing)

Synonyms

(conception): 杼軸／杼轴 (zhùzhóu)

Derived terms

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