爬格子

Chinese

		crawl; climb	checkers; grid; cross-hatch checkers; grid; cross-hatch; lattice
trad. (爬格子)		爬	格子
simp. #(爬格子)		爬	格子

Etymology

"to write"

From the genkō yōshi used by East Asian writers.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pá gézi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˊ ㄍㄜˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa⁴ gaak³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pá gézi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˊ ㄍㄜˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pá gézi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa² ko²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: pá gé-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: par ger.tzy
    • Palladius: па гэцзы (pa gɛczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä³⁵ kɤ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa⁴ gaak³ zi²
    • Yale: pàh gaak jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa⁴ gaak⁸ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa⁴ gag³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː²¹ kaːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

爬⫽格子 (verb-object)

1. (literature, of a writer) to work hard on writing articles
2. (music, guitar) to practice movement of fingers on the fingerboard