字字珠璣

Chinese

		letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	round and nonround pearls; pearls; gems round and nonround pearls; pearls; gems; jewels
trad. (字字珠璣)		字	字	珠璣
simp. (字字珠玑)		字	字	珠玑
Literally: “every character is a gem”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìzìzhūjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄗˋ ㄓㄨ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ zi⁶ zyu¹ gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìzìzhūjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄗˋ ㄓㄨ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhzìhjhuji
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-tzŭ⁴-chu¹-chi¹
    • Yale: dz̀-dz̀-jū-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhtzyhjuji
    • Palladius: цзыцзычжуцзи (czyczyčžuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ zi⁶ zyu¹ gei¹
    • Yale: jih jih jyū gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dzi⁶ dzy¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ ji⁶ ju¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡siː²² t͡syː⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

字字珠璣

1. (of the language of a piece of writing or speech) beautiful and exquisite