節骨眼

Chinese

		festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	bone	eye
trad. (節骨眼)		節	骨	眼
simp. (节骨眼)		节	骨	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéguyǎn, jiégǔyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄍㄨ ㄧㄢˇ, ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéguyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄍㄨ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiégůyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-ku⁵-yen³
    • Yale: jyé-gu-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye.guyean
    • Palladius: цзегуянь (czegujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ g̊u³ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéguyǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄍㄨ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiégůyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-ku⁵-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyé-gu-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye.guyeal
    • Palladius: цзегуяньр (czegujanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ g̊u³ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiégǔyǎn [Phonetic: jiégúyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiégǔyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-ku³-yen³
    • Yale: jyé-gǔ-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyeguuyean
    • Palladius: цзегуянь (czegujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiégǔyǎnr [Phonetic: jiégúyǎnr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiégǔyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-ku³-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyé-gǔ-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyeguuyeal
    • Palladius: цзегуяньр (czegujanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

節骨眼

1. (colloquial) critical juncture; crucial moment

Derived terms

• 節骨眼上／节骨眼上