屈指

Chinese

		bent; feel wronged	finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
trad. (屈指)		屈	指
simp. ^#(屈指)		屈	指

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qūzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khut-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qūzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyujhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-chih³
  - Yale: chyū-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiujyy
  - Palladius: цюйчжи (cjujčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wat¹ zi²
  - Yale: wāt jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khut-chí
  - Tâi-lô: khut-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qutcie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰut̚³²⁻⁵ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si⁵³/

Verb

屈指

to count on one's fingers (an amount that is countable with fingers, i.e. counting the top few things)

Derived terms

屈指一算 (qūzhǐyīsuàn)
屈指可數 / 屈指可数 (qūzhǐkěshǔ)
首屈一指 (shǒuqūyīzhǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (屈指):

→ Japanese: 屈指(くっし) (kusshi)
→ Korean: 굴지(屈指) (gulji)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
屈	指
くつ > くっ Grade: S	し Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

屈(くっ)指(し) • (kusshi)

one of the best, having the topmost quality of
世界(せかい)屈指(くっし)の技術力(ぎじゅつりょく)を誇(ほこ)る。
Sekai kusshi no gijutsuryoku o hokoru.
It boasts the topmost advanced technologies in the world.

Synonyms

指折(ゆびお)り (yubiori)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.