髮指
Chinese
| hair | finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (髮指) | 髮 | 指 | |
| simp. (发指) | 发 | 指 | |
Etymology
From Zhuangzi, Chapter 29:
- 盗跖聞之大怒，目如明星，髪上指冠，曰：“此夫魯國之巧僞人孔丘非邪？” [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Dào Zhí wén zhī dànù, mù rú míngxīng, fà shàng zhǐ guān, yuē: “Cǐ fú Lǔguó zhī qiǎowěi rén Kǒng Qiū fēi yé?” [Pinyin]
- When Robber Chê heard who it was, he was furious. His eyes glared like stars. His hair raised his cap from his head as he cried out, "What! that crafty scoundrel Confucius of Lu?"
盗跖闻之大怒，目如明星，发上指冠，曰：“此夫鲁国之巧伪人孔丘非邪？” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fàzhǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˋ ㄓˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fàjhǐh
- Wade–Giles: fa4-chih3
- Yale: fà-jř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fahjyy
- Palladius: фачжи (fačži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fǎzhǐ [Phonetic: fázhǐ]
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fǎjhǐh
- Wade–Giles: fa3-chih3
- Yale: fǎ-jř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faajyy
- Palladius: фачжи (fačži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: faat3 zi2
- Yale: faat jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: faat8 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: fad3 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /faːt̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
- Homophones:
法子
髮指 / 发指
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-chí
- Tâi-lô: huat-tsí
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoatcie
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ t͡si⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
髮指
- (of one's hair) to bristle up with anger