寸止
Chinese
| a unit of length | to stop; prohibit; till | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (寸止) |
寸 | 止 | |
Etymology
Apparently an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 寸止め (sundome, “to deliberately halt one's strike or kick just short of making contact with the opponent, originally a karate argot”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cùnzhǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄓˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cùnjhǐh
- Wade–Giles: tsʻun4-chih3
- Yale: tswùn-jř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuennjyy
- Palladius: цуньчжи (cunʹčži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cyun3 zi2
- Yale: chyun jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn3 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: qun3 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
寸止
- to edge (to delay one's orgasm to the point just short of one's climax)