施展

Chinese

		distribute (alms); to do; to execute distribute (alms); to do; to execute; to carry out	to spread out; to postpone; to unfold to spread out; to postpone; to unfold; to use
trad. (施展)		施	展
simp. #(施展)		施	展
2nd round simp.		施𰍰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīzhǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄓㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ zin²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-chán
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si-tián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīzhǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄓㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihjhǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-chan³
    • Yale: shr̄-jǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyjaan
    • Palladius: шичжань (šičžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ zin²
    • Yale: sī jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡siːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-chán
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii´ zan`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ zan³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴ t͡san³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-tián
    • Tâi-lô: si-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'diern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si³³ tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn⁴¹/

Verb

施展

1. to put to (good) use; to give free play to

   施展才華／施展才华  ―  shīzhǎn cáihuá  ―  to show one's talents

Synonyms

• 伸張／伸张 (shēnzhāng)
• 施設／施设 (shīshè) (literary)
• 玩弄
• 發揚／发扬 (fāyáng)
• 發揮／发挥 (fāhuī)
• 耍弄 (shuǎnòng)