插枝

Chinese

		insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	branch; (a measure word)
trad. (插枝)		插	枝
simp. #(插枝)		插	枝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caap³ zi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhah-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chajhih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-chih¹
    • Yale: chā-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chajy
    • Palladius: чачжи (čačži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caap³ zi¹
    • Yale: chaap jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap⁸ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cab³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːp̚³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhah-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tshah-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhahky
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/

Verb

插枝

1. (agriculture) to transplant a cutting; to use cuttage; to remove a leaf, stem, branch, or root of a plant and cultivate to grow a new plant

Synonyms

• 插條／插条 (chātiáo)
• 扦插 (qiānchā)
• (Hokkien) 硩枝, 墊枝／垫枝