拭目以待

Chinese

		wipe	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
trad. (拭目以待)		拭	目	以	待
simp. #(拭目以待)		拭	目	以	待
Literally: “to wipe one's eye to wait”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìmùyǐdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ muk⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-bo̍k-í-tāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìmùyǐdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhmùyǐdài
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-mu⁴-i³-tai⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-mù-yǐ-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhmuhyiiday
    • Palladius: шимуидай (šimuidaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ muk⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶
    • Yale: sīk muhk yíh doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ muk⁹ ji⁵ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ mug⁶ yi⁵ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ mʊk̚² jiː¹³ tɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-bo̍k-í-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: sik-bo̍k-í-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekbog'y'dai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai²²/

Idiom

拭目以待

1. to anticipate or wait for something to happen