展翅

Chinese

		to spread out; to postpone; to unfold to spread out; to postpone; to unfold; to use	wing
trad. (展翅)		展	翅
simp. ^#(展翅)		展	翅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǎnchì

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˇ ㄔˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin² ci³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎnchì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˇ ㄔˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎnchìh
  - Wade–Giles: chan³-chʻih⁴
  - Yale: jǎn-chr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaanchyh
  - Palladius: чжаньчи (čžanʹči)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zin² ci³
  - Yale: jín chi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin² tsi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin² qi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵ t͡sʰiː³³/

Verb

展翅

to spread the wings; to get ready for flight

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 展翼

Derived terms

展翅高飛 / 展翅高飞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
展	翅
てん Grade: 6	し Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

展(てん)翅(し) • (tenshi)

spreading the wings of (an insect such as a butterfly)

Verb

展(てん)翅(し)する • (tenshi suru) suru (stem 展(てん)翅(し)し (tenshi shi), past 展(てん)翅(し)した (tenshi shita))

spread the wings of (an insect such as a butterfly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "展翅する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	展翅し	てんしし	tenshi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	展翅し	てんしし	tenshi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	展翅する	てんしする	tenshi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	展翅する	てんしする	tenshi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	展翅すれ	てんしすれ	tenshi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	展翅せよ¹ 展翅しろ²	てんしせよ¹ てんししろ²	tenshi seyo¹ tenshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	展翅される	てんしされる	tenshi sareru
Causative	展翅させる展翅さす	てんしさせるてんしさす	tenshi saseru tenshi sasu
Potential	展翅できる	てんしできる	tenshi dekiru
Volitional	展翅しよう	てんししよう	tenshi shiyō
Negative	展翅しない	てんししない	tenshi shinai
Negative continuative	展翅せず	てんしせず	tenshi sezu
Formal	展翅します	てんしします	tenshi shimasu
Perfective	展翅した	てんしした	tenshi shita
Conjunctive	展翅して	てんしして	tenshi shite
Hypothetical conditional	展翅すれば	てんしすれば	tenshi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative