刺字

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (刺字)		刺	字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cìzì

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄗˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiah-lī / chhiah-jī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cìzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìhzìh
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: tsz̀-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhtzyh
  - Palladius: цыцзы (cyczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-lī
  - Tâi-lô: tshiah-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiahli
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)⁵ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-jī
  - Tâi-lô: tshiah-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiahji
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ʑi³³/

Verb

刺字

(archaic) to tattoo the face (as punishment)
(Southern Min) to tattoo

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紋身 (“to tattoo”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紋身, 刺青
Mandarin	Taiwan	紋身, 刺青
Mandarin	Singapore	紋身
Cantonese	Hong Kong	紋身
Gan	Lichuan	紋身
Southern Min	Xiamen	刺龍, 刺鳳, 刺字, 紋身
	Quanzhou	刺字, 紋身
	Zhangzhou	紋身
	Tainan	刺字 GT, 刺龍 GT, 刺鳳 GT, 紋身 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	畫尪公
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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