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

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• 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

1. (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)