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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "adj",
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"thorny"
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"english": "a very tricky thing",
"ref": "一個非常棘手的事情 [MSC, trad.]",
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],
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"troublesome"
],
[
"knotty",
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[
"prickly",
"prickly"
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[
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"(figuratively) difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly; intractable"
],
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}
],
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],
"zh-pron": "jíshǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "kik¹ sau²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gik¹ sau²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "kek-chhiú"
},
{
"zh-pron": "kiak-chhiú"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jíshǒu"
},
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"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jíshǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chi²-shou³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jí-shǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jyishoou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "цзишоу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "czišou"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kīk sáu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gīk sáu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "kik⁷ sau²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gik⁷ sau²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "kig¹ seo²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gig¹ seo²"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kek-chhiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kik-tshiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kekchiuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kiak-chhiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kiak-tshiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kiakchiuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "shāngnǎo",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "傷腦"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "shāngnǎo",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "伤脑"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "shāng nǎojīn",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "傷腦筋"
},
{
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"roman": "shāng nǎojīn",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "伤脑筋"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "cìshǒu",
"word": "刺手"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "luōsuo",
"word": "囉嗦"
},
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"roman": "luōsuo",
"word": "啰嗦"
},
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"roman": "zhāshǒu",
"word": "扎手"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taiwanese-Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "歹紡"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taiwanese-Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "歹纺"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "歹辦"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "歹办"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "䆀紡"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "䆀纺"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "䆀辦"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "䆀办"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "累贅"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "累赘"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "chánshǒu",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "纏手"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "chánshǒu",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "缠手"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "fèishì",
"word": "費事"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "fèishì",
"word": "费事"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "làshǒu",
"word": "辣手"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "鑿手"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "凿手"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "nánbàn",
"word": "難辦"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "nánbàn",
"word": "难办"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "máfan",
"word": "麻煩"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "máfan",
"word": "麻烦"
}
],
"word": "棘手"
}
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"(literally) thorny"
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"english": "a very tricky thing",
"ref": "一個非常棘手的事情 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "一个非常棘手的事情 [MSC, simp.]\nyīge fēicháng jíshǒu de shìqíng [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly; intractable"
],
"links": [
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"difficult",
"difficult"
],
[
"handle",
"handle"
],
[
"thorny",
"thorny"
],
[
"troublesome",
"troublesome"
],
[
"knotty",
"knotty"
],
[
"prickly",
"prickly"
],
[
"intractable",
"intractable"
]
],
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"(figuratively) difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly; intractable"
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jíshǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "kik¹ sau²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gik¹ sau²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "kek-chhiú"
},
{
"zh-pron": "kiak-chhiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jíshǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jíshǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chi²-shou³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jí-shǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "jyishoou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "цзишоу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "czišou"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kīk sáu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gīk sáu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "kik⁷ sau²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gik⁷ sau²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "kig¹ seo²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gig¹ seo²"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kek-chhiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kik-tshiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kekchiuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kiak-chhiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kiak-tshiú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kiakchiuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/"
}
],
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"roman": "shāngnǎo",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "傷腦"
},
{
"roman": "shāngnǎo",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "伤脑"
},
{
"roman": "shāng nǎojīn",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "傷腦筋"
},
{
"roman": "shāng nǎojīn",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "伤脑筋"
},
{
"roman": "cìshǒu",
"word": "刺手"
},
{
"roman": "luōsuo",
"word": "囉嗦"
},
{
"roman": "luōsuo",
"word": "啰嗦"
},
{
"roman": "zhāshǒu",
"word": "扎手"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taiwanese-Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "歹紡"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taiwanese-Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "歹纺"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "歹辦"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen"
],
"word": "歹办"
},
{
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "䆀紡"
},
{
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "䆀纺"
},
{
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "䆀辦"
},
{
"tags": [
"Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
],
"word": "䆀办"
},
{
"word": "累贅"
},
{
"word": "累赘"
},
{
"roman": "chánshǒu",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "纏手"
},
{
"roman": "chánshǒu",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "缠手"
},
{
"roman": "fèishì",
"word": "費事"
},
{
"roman": "fèishì",
"word": "费事"
},
{
"roman": "làshǒu",
"word": "辣手"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "鑿手"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "凿手"
},
{
"roman": "nánbàn",
"word": "難辦"
},
{
"roman": "nánbàn",
"word": "难办"
},
{
"roman": "máfan",
"word": "麻煩"
},
{
"roman": "máfan",
"word": "麻烦"
}
],
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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.