"支吾" meaning in All languages combined

See 支吾 on Wiktionary

Adjective [Chinese]

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u²/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ki⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/, /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u²/, /t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/, /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/, /ki⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/ Chinese transliterations: zhīwú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓ ㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zi¹ ng⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], chi-ngô͘, ki-ngô͘, zhīwú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], zhīwu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄓ ˙ㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], jhihwů [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chih¹-wu⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jr̄-wu [Mandarin, Yale], jy.wu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чжиу [Mandarin, Palladius], čžiu [Mandarin, Palladius], jī ǹgh [Cantonese, Yale], dzi¹ ng⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ji¹ ng⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], chi-ngô͘ [Hokkien, POJ], tsi-ngôo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], cingoo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ki-ngô͘ [Hokkien, POJ], ki-ngôo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kingoo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tsye ngu [Middle-Chinese]
Etymology: The semantic development was “to support > to resist; to defy > to cope with; to deal with > to (fail to) resist > to stall off; to boggle > to falter; to equivocate”. All other senses are basically obsolete in the modern language. Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 支吾
  1. (archaic) in a predicament Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-支吾-zh-adj-Rq28SVFQ

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u²/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ki⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/, /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u²/, /t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/, /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/, /ki⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/ Chinese transliterations: zhīwú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓ ㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zi¹ ng⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], chi-ngô͘, ki-ngô͘, zhīwú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], zhīwu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄓ ˙ㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], jhihwů [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chih¹-wu⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jr̄-wu [Mandarin, Yale], jy.wu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чжиу [Mandarin, Palladius], čžiu [Mandarin, Palladius], jī ǹgh [Cantonese, Yale], dzi¹ ng⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ji¹ ng⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], chi-ngô͘ [Hokkien, POJ], tsi-ngôo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], cingoo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ki-ngô͘ [Hokkien, POJ], ki-ngôo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kingoo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tsye ngu [Middle-Chinese]
Etymology: The semantic development was “to support > to resist; to defy > to cope with; to deal with > to (fail to) resist > to stall off; to boggle > to falter; to equivocate”. All other senses are basically obsolete in the modern language. Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 支吾
  1. to falter; to prevaricate; to equivocate
    Sense id: en-支吾-zh-verb-zJtyM-bn
  2. (archaic) to deal with a person just for the occasion Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-支吾-zh-verb-yvg4~81d
  3. (archaic) to prop up; to support Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-支吾-zh-verb-Oya-1KpV Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 14 10 15 29 8 6 11 7
  4. (archaic) to resist; to defy; to oppose Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-支吾-zh-verb-0Lq7ZeZ3
  5. (archaic) to handle Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-支吾-zh-verb-oi~IyVwG
  6. (archaic) to divert oneself from loneliness Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-支吾-zh-verb-ujiRhDNu
  7. (archaic) to hesitate Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-支吾-zh-verb-ASFMFEP8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 支吾其詞 (zhīwuqící), 支吾其词 (zhīwuqící), 支支吾吾 (zhīzhīwúwú)

Download JSON data for 支吾 meaning in All languages combined (7.0kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhīwuqící",
      "word": "支吾其詞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhīwuqící",
      "word": "支吾其词"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhīzhīwúwú",
      "word": "支支吾吾"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The semantic development was “to support > to resist; to defy > to cope with; to deal with > to (fail to) resist > to stall off; to boggle > to falter; to equivocate”. All other senses are basically obsolete in the modern language.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "支吾",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to falter; to prevaricate; to equivocate"
      ],
      "id": "en-支吾-zh-verb-zJtyM-bn",
      "links": [
        [
          "falter",
          "falter"
        ],
        [
          "prevaricate",
          "prevaricate"
        ],
        [
          "equivocate",
          "equivocate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to deal with a person just for the occasion"
      ],
      "id": "en-支吾-zh-verb-yvg4~81d",
      "links": [
        [
          "deal",
          "deal"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to deal with a person just for the occasion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 10 15 29 8 6 11 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prop up; to support"
      ],
      "id": "en-支吾-zh-verb-Oya-1KpV",
      "links": [
        [
          "prop",
          "prop"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to prop up; to support"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to resist; to defy; to oppose"
      ],
      "id": "en-支吾-zh-verb-0Lq7ZeZ3",
      "links": [
        [
          "resist",
          "resist"
        ],
        [
          "defy",
          "defy"
        ],
        [
          "oppose",
          "oppose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to resist; to defy; to oppose"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to handle"
      ],
      "id": "en-支吾-zh-verb-oi~IyVwG",
      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to handle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to divert oneself from loneliness"
      ],
      "id": "en-支吾-zh-verb-ujiRhDNu",
      "links": [
        [
          "divert",
          "divert"
        ],
        [
          "loneliness",
          "loneliness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to divert oneself from loneliness"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate"
      ],
      "id": "en-支吾-zh-verb-ASFMFEP8",
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to hesitate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīwú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zi¹ ng⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chi-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ki-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīwú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ˙ㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhihwů"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih¹-wu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̄-wu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jy.wu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжиу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžiu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jī ǹgh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi¹ ng⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji¹ ng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chi-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsi-ngôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cingoo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki-ngôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kingoo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsye ngu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "支吾"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "The semantic development was “to support > to resist; to defy > to cope with; to deal with > to (fail to) resist > to stall off; to boggle > to falter; to equivocate”. All other senses are basically obsolete in the modern language.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "支吾",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "in a predicament"
      ],
      "id": "en-支吾-zh-adj-Rq28SVFQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "predicament",
          "predicament"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) in a predicament"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīwú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zi¹ ng⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chi-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ki-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīwú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ˙ㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhihwů"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih¹-wu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̄-wu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jy.wu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжиу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžiu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jī ǹgh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi¹ ng⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji¹ ng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chi-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsi-ngôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cingoo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki-ngôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kingoo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsye ngu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "支吾"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "zhīwuqící",
      "word": "支吾其詞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīwuqící",
      "word": "支吾其词"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīzhīwúwú",
      "word": "支支吾吾"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The semantic development was “to support > to resist; to defy > to cope with; to deal with > to (fail to) resist > to stall off; to boggle > to falter; to equivocate”. All other senses are basically obsolete in the modern language.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "支吾",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to falter; to prevaricate; to equivocate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "falter",
          "falter"
        ],
        [
          "prevaricate",
          "prevaricate"
        ],
        [
          "equivocate",
          "equivocate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to deal with a person just for the occasion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deal",
          "deal"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to deal with a person just for the occasion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prop up; to support"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prop",
          "prop"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to prop up; to support"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to resist; to defy; to oppose"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resist",
          "resist"
        ],
        [
          "defy",
          "defy"
        ],
        [
          "oppose",
          "oppose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to resist; to defy; to oppose"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to handle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to handle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to divert oneself from loneliness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "divert",
          "divert"
        ],
        [
          "loneliness",
          "loneliness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to divert oneself from loneliness"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to hesitate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīwú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zi¹ ng⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chi-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ki-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīwú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ˙ㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhihwů"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih¹-wu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̄-wu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jy.wu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжиу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžiu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jī ǹgh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi¹ ng⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji¹ ng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chi-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsi-ngôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cingoo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki-ngôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kingoo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsye ngu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "支吾"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The semantic development was “to support > to resist; to defy > to cope with; to deal with > to (fail to) resist > to stall off; to boggle > to falter; to equivocate”. All other senses are basically obsolete in the modern language.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "支吾",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in a predicament"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "predicament",
          "predicament"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) in a predicament"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīwú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zi¹ ng⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chi-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ki-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīwú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ˙ㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhihwů"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih¹-wu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̄-wu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jy.wu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжиу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžiu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jī ǹgh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi¹ ng⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji¹ ng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chi-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsi-ngôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cingoo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki-ngô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki-ngôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kingoo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsye ngu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "支吾"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.