拭目以待

拭目以待

Chinese

			to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
simp. and trad. (拭目以待)		拭目	以	待
Literally: “to wipe one's eye to wait”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìmùyǐdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ muk⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shìmùyǐdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhmuhyyiday
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ muk⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶
    • Yale: sīk muhk yíh doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ muk⁹ ji⁵ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ mug⁶ yi⁵ doi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ mʊk̚² jiː¹³ tɔːy̯²²/

Idiom

拭目以待

1. to anticipate or wait for something to happen