指教

指教

Chinese

		finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (指教)		指	教
simp. #(指教)		指	教

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐjiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gaau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-kau
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chí-kàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zi² ka³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjiào
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-chiao⁴
    • Yale: jř-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjiaw
    • Palladius: чжицзяо (čžiczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² gaau³
    • Yale: jí gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kaːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-kau
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii` gau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ gau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ kau̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-kàu
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'kaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zi² ka³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí khà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰa²¹³/

Verb

指教

1. (polite) to give advice; to comment on something

   我說中文說得不太好，還請您指教。 [MSC, trad.]
   我说中文说得不太好，还请您指教。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ shuō zhōngwén shuō de bù tài hǎo, hái qǐng nín zhǐjiào. [Pinyin]

   I don't speak Chinese very well - please give me some advice.

Synonyms

• (literary, polite) 見教／见教 (jiànjiào)

Derived terms

不吝指教 (bùlìnzhǐjiào)

多多指教 (duōduō zhǐjiào)

References

• “Entry #5051”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.