彈指

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

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• 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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• 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

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

Synonyms

• (in the blink of an eye):

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轉眼／转眼 (zhuǎnyǎn) 轉瞬／转瞬 (zhuǎnshùn)

轉身／转身 (zhuǎnshēn) 轉頭／转头 (zhuǎntóu)

Noun

彈指

1. (obsolete, Buddhism, archaic) small unit of time (depending on source, either 7.2 or 0.25 seconds long)
2. (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