指點迷津

Chinese

		to point at; to indicate; to give tips to point at; to indicate; to give tips; to demonstrate; to give advice
trad. (指點迷津)		指點	迷津
simp. (指点迷津)		指点	迷津

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐdiǎnmíjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² dim² mai⁴ zeon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐdiǎnmíjīn [Phonetic: zhídiǎnmíjīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhdiǎnmíjin
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-tien³-mi²-chin¹
    • Yale: jř-dyǎn-mí-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyydeanmijin
    • Palladius: чжидяньмицзинь (čžidjanʹmiczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² dim² mai⁴ zeon¹
    • Yale: jí dím màih jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² dim² mai⁴ dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² dim² mei⁴ zên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ tiːm³⁵ mɐi̯²¹ t͡sɵn⁵⁵/

Idiom

指點迷津

1. to provide the solution; to point out the right way