金手指

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	finger; flash drive; thumb drive
trad. (金手指)		金	手指
simp. #(金手指)		金	手指

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnshǒuzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ sau² zi²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ging¹ ciu³ zai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim chhiú-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnshǒuzhǐ [Phonetic: jīnshóuzhǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinshǒujhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-shou³-chih³
    • Yale: jīn-shǒu-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinshooujyy
    • Palladius: цзиньшоучжи (czinʹšoučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ sau² zi²
    • Yale: gām sáu jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ sau² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ seo² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ging¹ ciu³ zai³ [Phonetic: ging⁵ niu⁵ lai³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ging chiû-câi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)niu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(t͡s-)lai⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ging¹ ciu³ zai³ [Phonetic: ging⁵ niu⁵ nai³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)niu³³²⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)nai³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim chhiú-chí
    • Tâi-lô: kim tshiú-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kym chiwcie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/

Noun

金手指

1. traces on a printed circuit board; an edge connector
2. implausible plot that is beneficial to the character
3. (firearms, slang) itchy trigger finger; the unsafe practice of holding a firearm's trigger while not expecting to shoot
4. (Cantonese) informer; rat; traitor
5. (Cantonese, gaming) A memory editing hardware that is used to change a game's behavior; cheat device; cheat cartridge
6. (Cantonese, gaming, by extension) A command used by a cheat device; cheat code
7. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 金 (jīn),‎ 手指 (shǒuzhǐ); gold ring

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “金手指”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 219.