穿針引線

Chinese

		to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	needle; pin; injection	to lead; to divert (water); to guide	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (穿針引線/穿針引綫)		穿	針	引	線/綫
simp. (穿针引线)		穿	针	引	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuānzhēnyǐnxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄓㄣ ㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun¹ zam¹ jan⁵ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuānzhēnyǐnxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄓㄣ ㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuanjhenyǐnsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan¹-chên¹-yin³-hsien⁴
    • Yale: chwān-jēn-yǐn-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanjenyiinshiann
    • Palladius: чуаньчжэньиньсянь (čuanʹčžɛnʹinʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun¹ zam¹ jan⁵ sin³
    • Yale: chyūn jām yáhn sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn¹ dzam¹ jan⁵ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun¹ zem¹ yen⁵ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐm⁵⁵ jɐn¹³ siːn³³/

Idiom

穿針引線

1. (figuratively) to act as a go-between; to act as a middleman