指教

Chinese

		finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (指教)		指	教
simp. ^#(指教)		指	教

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐjiào

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gaau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-kau
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chí-kàu

(Teochew, Peng'im): zi² ka³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjiào
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-chiao⁴
  - Yale: jř-jyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjiaw
  - Palladius: чжицзяо (čžiczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    只教
    指教
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² gaau³
  - Yale: jí gaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gaau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² gao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kaːu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-kau
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ gau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ gau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ kau̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-kàu
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-kàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'kaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zi² ka³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí khà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰa²¹³/

Verb

指教

(polite) to give advice; to comment on something
我說中文說得不太好，還請您指教。 [MSC, trad.]
我说中文说得不太好，还请您指教。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ shuō zhōngwén shuō de bù tài hǎo, hái qǐng nín zhǐjiào. [Pinyin]
I don't speak Chinese very well - please give me some advice.

Synonyms

(literary, polite) 見教／见教 (jiànjiào)

Derived terms

不吝指教 (bùlìnzhǐjiào)
多多指教 (duōduō zhǐjiào)

References

“指教”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.