"作秀" meaning in All languages combined

See 作秀 on Wiktionary

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɔːk̚³ sɐu̯³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ siu⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ siu²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siu²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA]
Etymology: From 作 (zuò, “to do; to make”) + English show. Etymology templates: {{zh-l|作|to do; to make}} 作 (zuò, “to do; to make”), {{der|zh|en|show}} English show Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 作秀
  1. to put on a show Synonyms (show): 做騷 [Cantonese], 做骚 [Cantonese]
    Sense id: en-作秀-zh-verb--pugUK8K Disambiguation of 'show': 57 0 43
  2. to do a publicity stunt
    Sense id: en-作秀-zh-verb-oeT1PJrg Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 8 86 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 88 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 90 5
  3. to grandstand; to do something for show
    Sense id: en-作秀-zh-verb-cLi-E7fw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 做秀 (zuòxiù) Derived forms: 作秀公審 (zuòxiù gōngshěn), 作秀公审 (zuòxiù gōngshěn)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zuòxiù gōngshěn",
      "word": "作秀公審"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zuòxiù gōngshěn",
      "word": "作秀公审"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "作",
        "2": "to do; to make"
      },
      "expansion": "作 (zuò, “to do; to make”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "show"
      },
      "expansion": "English show",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 作 (zuò, “to do; to make”) + English show.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "作秀",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to put on a show"
      ],
      "id": "en-作秀-zh-verb--pugUK8K",
      "links": [
        [
          "put on",
          "put on"
        ],
        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 43",
          "sense": "show",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "做騷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 0 43",
          "sense": "show",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "做骚"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 86 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 88 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 90 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do a publicity stunt"
      ],
      "id": "en-作秀-zh-verb-oeT1PJrg",
      "links": [
        [
          "publicity stunt",
          "publicity stunt"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to grandstand; to do something for show"
      ],
      "id": "en-作秀-zh-verb-cLi-E7fw",
      "links": [
        [
          "grandstand",
          "grandstand"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòxiù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zok³ sau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chok-siù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòxiù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòsiòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tso⁴-hsiu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwò-syòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzuohshiow"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czosju",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзосю"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zok³ sau³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jok sau"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzok⁸ sau³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zog³ seo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ sɐu̯³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chok-siù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsok-siù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoksiux"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ siu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ siu²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siu²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zuòxiù",
      "word": "做秀"
    }
  ],
  "word": "作秀"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms derived from English",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 作",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 秀",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "zuòxiù gōngshěn",
      "word": "作秀公審"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zuòxiù gōngshěn",
      "word": "作秀公审"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "作",
        "2": "to do; to make"
      },
      "expansion": "作 (zuò, “to do; to make”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "show"
      },
      "expansion": "English show",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 作 (zuò, “to do; to make”) + English show.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "作秀",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to put on a show"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "put on",
          "put on"
        ],
        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to do a publicity stunt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "publicity stunt",
          "publicity stunt"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to grandstand; to do something for show"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grandstand",
          "grandstand"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòxiù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zok³ sau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chok-siù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòxiù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòsiòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tso⁴-hsiu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwò-syòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzuohshiow"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czosju",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзосю"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zok³ sau³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jok sau"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzok⁸ sau³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zog³ seo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ sɐu̯³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chok-siù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsok-siù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoksiux"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ siu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ siu²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siu²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zuòxiù",
      "word": "做秀"
    },
    {
      "sense": "show",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "做騷"
    },
    {
      "sense": "show",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "做骚"
    }
  ],
  "word": "作秀"
}

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