# 指點
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǐdiǎn
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^2$ dim$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-tiám
* Eastern Min (BUC): cī-diēng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chí-tiám
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zi$^2$ diam$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsy-ti$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐdiǎn [Phonetic: zhídiǎn]
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhdiǎn
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^3$-tien$^3$
*** Yale: jř-dyǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyydean
*** Palladius: чжидянь (čžidjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^2$ dim$^2$
*** Yale: jí dím
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^2$ dim$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^2$ dim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³⁵ tiːm³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-tiám
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˋ$ diam$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^3$ diam$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ ti̯am³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cī-diēng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³³⁻³⁵ $^{(t-)}$lieŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-tiám
*** Tâi-lô: tsí-tiám
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cy'diarm
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiam⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiam⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiam⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡si⁴²⁻²⁴ tiam⁴²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zi$^2$ diam$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí tiám
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si⁵²⁻³⁵ tiam⁵²⁻²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsy-ti$_5$
*** MiniDict: tsy$^去$ ti$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tsr-ti$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³³ ti⁴⁴/

### Verb

指點
* to point at; to indicate
* to give tips; to demonstrate (how something's done); to give advice
       Wǒ xiě le yī piān wénzhāng, xiǎng qǐng nín gěi wǒ zhǐdiǎn yīxià. [Pinyin]
       I wrote an article and would like to ask you to give me some advice.
* to point to someone's faults; to censure

#### Synonyms

* (to give tips):
* 主導 / 主导 (zhǔdǎo)
* 嚮導 / 向导 (xiàngdǎo)
* 帶等 / 带等 (Taiwanese Hakka)
* 帶緊 / 带紧 (Zhao'an Hakka)
* 帶領 / 带领 (dàilǐng)
* 引入 (yǐnrù)
* 引向 (yǐnxiàng)
* 引導 / 引导 (yǐndǎo)
* 引𤆬 (Hokkien)
* 引領 / 引领 (yǐnlǐng)
* 指導 / 指导 (zhǐdǎo)
* 指引 (zhǐyǐn)
* 指授 (zhǐshòu) (literary)
* 指揮 / 指挥 (zhǐhuī)
* 指示 (zhǐshì)
* 率領 / 率领 (shuàilǐng)
* 疏導 / 疏导 (shūdǎo) (through persuasion)
* 統御 / 统御 (tǒngyù) (literary)
* 統率 / 统率 (tǒngshuài)
* 統領 / 统领 (tǒnglǐng)
* 董督 (dǒngdū) (literary)
* 誘 / 诱 (yòu) (literary, or in compounds)
* 誘導 / 诱导 (yòudǎo)
* 領導 / 领导 (lǐngdǎo)
* 點厾 / 点厾 (Hokkien)
* 點撥 / 点拨 (diǎnbō) (informal)
* (to point to someone's faults):
* 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
* 叱呵 (chìhē)
* 叱罵 / 叱骂 (chìmà)
* 叱責 / 叱责 (chìzé)
* 吆喝 (colloquial)
* 呲 (cī)
* 呲兒 / 呲儿 (cīr)
* 呵叱 (hēchì)
* 呼喝 (hūhè) (literary)
* 呲打 (cīda) (Northeastern Mandarin)
* 呵斥 (hēchì)
* 呵責 / 呵责 (hēzé) (literary)
* 喝叱
* 嗔怪 (chēnguài) (literary)
* 嗔著 / 嗔着 (chēnzhe) (colloquial)
* 怪 (guài)
* 怒 (nù) (Classical Chinese)
* 怨怪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 怪罪 (guàizuì)
* 批評 / 批评 (pīpíng)
* 指摘 (zhǐzhāi)
* 指斥 (zhǐchì)
* 指責 / 指责 (zhǐzé)
* 捋 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 掛數 / 挂数 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 摘 (literary, or in compounds)
* 撻伐 / 挞伐 (tàfá) (literary, figurative)
* 數落 / 数落 (shǔluo) (informal)
* 數說 / 数说 (shǔshuō)
* 斥斥 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 斥罵 / 斥骂 (chìmà)
* 斥責 / 斥责 (chìzé)
* 歸咎 / 归咎 (guījiù)
* 歸罪 / 归罪 (guīzuì)
* 派
* 激勵 / 激励 (jīlì) (literary)
* 熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
* 申斥 (shēnchì)
* 痛罵 / 痛骂 (tòngmà)
* 聲討 / 声讨 (shēngtǎo)
* 訓 / 训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 訓斥 / 训斥 (xùnchì)
* 詬病 / 诟病 (gòubìng) (literary)
* 說 / 说
* 說話 / 说话 (shuōhuà)
* 謗議 / 谤议 (bàngyì) (literary)
* 譴責 / 谴责 (qiǎnzé)
* 責備 / 责备 (zébèi)
* 責怪 / 责怪 (zéguài)
* 責罵 / 责骂 (zémà)
* 責難 / 责难 (zénàn)
* 貶斥 / 贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
* 貶責 / 贬责 (biǎnzé)
* 賴 / 赖 (lài)
* 非議 / 非议 (fēiyì)
* 非難 / 非难 (fēinàn)
* 體斥 / 体斥 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

#### Derived terms

* 指指點點 / 指指点点 (zhǐzhǐdiǎndiǎn)
* 指點江山 / 指点江山 (zhǐdiǎnjiāngshān)
* 指點迷津 / 指点迷津 (zhǐdiǎnmíjīn)