屈指

Chinese

		bent; feel wronged	finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
simp. and trad. (屈指)		屈	指

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qūzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): khut-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qūzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄓˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiujyy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wat¹ zi²
  - Yale: wāt jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khut-chí
  - Tâi-lô: khut-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qutcie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰut̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

屈指

to count on one's fingers (an amount that is countable with fingers, i.e. counting the top few things)

Derived terms

屈指一算
屈指可數／屈指可数 (qūzhǐkěshǔ)

首屈一指 (shǒuqūyīzhǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (屈指):

→ Korean: 굴지 (屈指, gulji)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
屈	指
くつ > くっ Grade: S	し Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

屈指 (hiragana くっし, rōmaji kusshi)

one of the best, having the topmost quality of
世界 (せかい)屈 (くっ)指 (し)の技術力 (ぎじゅつりょく)を誇 (ほこ)る。
Sekai kusshi no gijutsuryoku o hokoru.
It boasts the topmost advanced technologies in the world.

Synonyms

指折 (ゆびお)り (yubiori)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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