望聞問切

See also: 望闻问切

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	to ask	close to; to cut; to slice
trad. (望聞問切)		望	聞	問	切
simp. (望闻问切)		望	闻	问	切

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngwénwènqiè

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶ man⁴ man⁶ cit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàngwénwènqiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàngwúnwùnciè
  - Wade–Giles: wang⁴-wên²-wên⁴-chʻieh⁴
  - Yale: wàng-wén-wèn-chyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqwenwennchieh
  - Palladius: ванвэньвэньце (vanvɛnʹvɛnʹce)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ wən³⁵ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁶ man⁴ man⁶ cit³
  - Yale: mohng màhn mahn chit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶ man⁴ man⁶ tsit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁶ men⁴ men⁶ qid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²² mɐn²¹ mɐn²² t͡sʰiːt̚³/

Idiom

望聞問切

(traditional Chinese medicine) to make observations, listen to breathing, ask about symptoms and take the pulse (the four fundamental methods for diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine)

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