捉字蝨

See also: 捉字虱

Chinese

		to clutch; to grab; to capture	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	louse
trad. (捉字蝨/捉字虱)		捉	字	蝨/虱
simp. (捉字虱)		捉	字	虱
alternative forms		捉字失 Cantonese
Literally: “to catch word lice”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ zi⁶ sat¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zog⁵ si⁴ sêd⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ zi⁶ sat¹
    • Yale: jūk jih sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ dzi⁶ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ ji⁶ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡siː²² sɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zog⁵ si⁴ sêd⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔk̚¹ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sɛt̚¹/

Verb

捉字蝨

1. (Cantonese) to be picky with words; to pay too much attention to the shades of meanings of words; to find fault with the choice of words

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 摳字眼 (“to find fault with the choice of words; to be picky with words”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		摳字眼, 挑字眼, 咬字眼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	摳字眼兒, 挑字眼兒, 咬字眼兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	捉字蝨
	Hong Kong	捉字蝨
Hakka	Meixian	捉字蝨, 摳字眼
Southern Min	Xiamen	鑽字縫, 鑽字眼, 吮字骨
	Shantou	研字仁, 摳字眼