插足

Chinese

		insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	foot; to be sufficient
trad. (插足)		插	足
simp. #(插足)		插	足

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caap³ zuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhah-chiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chazú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-tsu²
    • Yale: chā-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chatzwu
    • Palladius: чацзу (čaczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caap³ zuk¹
    • Yale: chaap jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap⁸ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cab³ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːp̚³ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhah-chiok
    • Tâi-lô: tshah-tsiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhahciog
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)⁵ t͡siɔk̚⁵/

Verb

插⫽足 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (figurative, usually derogatory) to set foot in; to put one's feet on
2. (figurative) to get involved in; (especially of a third person) to step between (two persons in a love relationship)

   第三者插足  ―  dìsānzhě chāzú  ―  the other man or woman gets involved (in a relationship)

Synonyms

• (to set foot in):

• 加入 (jiārù)
• 參入／参入 (cānrù)
• 參加／参加 (cānjiā)
• 參插／参插 (Min Nan)
• 參與／参与
• 廁身／厕身 (cèshēn) (humble)
• 插腳／插脚 (chājiǎo) (chiefly something one should not participate in)
• 插身 (chāshēn) (figurative)
• 攏場／拢场 (long³chan²) (Xiang)
• 攏邊／拢边 (long³ bienn¹) (Xiang)
• 置身 (zhìshēn)
• 處身／处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)