See 如影隨形 on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From a line in Liezi.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "如影随形",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "如影隨形",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "as the shadow follows the substance",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hokkien chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"closely associated with each other; inseparable"
],
"id": "en-如影隨形-zh-phrase-xrr15qAx",
"links": [
[
"closely",
"closely"
],
[
"associate",
"associate"
],
[
"inseparable",
"inseparable"
]
],
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"Thai"
],
"word": "เงาตามตัว"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Liezi"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "rúyǐngsuíxíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄥˇ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyu⁴ jing² ceoi⁴ jing⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "jî-éng-sûi-hêng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "rúyǐngsuíxíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄥˇ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "rúyǐngsuéisíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ju²-ying³-sui²-hsing²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "rú-yǐng-swéi-syíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ruyiingsweishyng"
},
{
"roman": "žuinsujsin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "жуинсуйсин"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʐu³⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyu⁴ jing² ceoi⁴ jing⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yùh yíng chèuih yìhng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jy⁴ jing² tsoey⁴ jing⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yu⁴ ying² cêu⁴ ying⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyː²¹ jɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ jɪŋ²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "jî-éng-sûi-hêng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "jî-íng-suî-hîng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "ji'efngsui'heeng"
},
{
"ipa": "/d͡zi¹³⁻²² iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "如影隨形"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From a line in Liezi.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "如影随形",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "如影隨形",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "as the shadow follows the substance",
"pos": "phrase",
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"Thai"
],
"word": "เงาตามตัว"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 如",
"Chinese terms spelled with 形",
"Chinese terms spelled with 影",
"Chinese terms spelled with 隨",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"closely associated with each other; inseparable"
],
"links": [
[
"closely",
"closely"
],
[
"associate",
"associate"
],
[
"inseparable",
"inseparable"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Liezi"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "rúyǐngsuíxíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄥˇ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyu⁴ jing² ceoi⁴ jing⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "jî-éng-sûi-hêng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "rúyǐngsuíxíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄥˇ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "rúyǐngsuéisíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ju²-ying³-sui²-hsing²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "rú-yǐng-swéi-syíng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ruyiingsweishyng"
},
{
"roman": "žuinsujsin",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "жуинсуйсин"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʐu³⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyu⁴ jing² ceoi⁴ jing⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yùh yíng chèuih yìhng"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jy⁴ jing² tsoey⁴ jing⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yu⁴ ying² cêu⁴ ying⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyː²¹ jɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ jɪŋ²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "jî-éng-sûi-hêng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "jî-íng-suî-hîng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "ji'efngsui'heeng"
},
{
"ipa": "/d͡zi¹³⁻²² iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "如影隨形"
}
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