彈指

See also: 弹指

Chinese

		bullet; shot; ball bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach	finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
trad. (彈指)		彈	指
simp. (弹指)		弹	指

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tánzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan⁶ zi², taan⁴ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): tân-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tánzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tánjhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan²-chih³
  - Yale: tán-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnjyy
  - Palladius: таньчжи (tanʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    彈指／弹指
    潭祉
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan⁶ zi², taan⁴ zi²
  - Yale: daahn jí, tàahn jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan⁶ dzi², taan⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan⁶ ji², tan⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²² t͡siː³⁵ tʰaːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tân-chí
  - Tâi-lô: tân-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dancie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tan²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan¹³⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tan²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/

Adverb

彈指

(figurative) in the blink of an eye; in a flash

Synonyms

(in the blink of an eye):

轉眼／转眼 (zhuǎnyǎn)
轉瞬／转瞬 (zhuǎnshùn)

轉身／转身 (zhuǎnshēn)
轉頭／转头 (zhuǎntóu)

Noun

彈指

(obsolete, Buddhism, archaic) small unit of time (depending on source, either 7.2 or 0.25 seconds long)
(obsolete) designation for 10^-17

Derived terms

一彈指／一弹指
光陰彈指／光阴弹指

彈指之間／弹指之间
彈指神功／弹指神功

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