See 絞盡腦汁 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "绞尽脑汁",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "絞盡腦汁",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to squeeze out all the brain juice",
"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"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "zh",
"name": "Thinking",
"orig": "zh:Thinking",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to rack one's brain"
],
"id": "en-絞盡腦汁-zh-phrase-Qhqbp7Pk",
"links": [
[
"rack one's brain",
"rack one's brain"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiǎojìnnǎozhī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gaau² zeon⁶ nou⁵ zap¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "ká-chīn-náu-chiap"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiǎojìnnǎozhī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiǎojìnnǎojhih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chiao³-chin⁴-nao³-chih¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jyǎu-jìn-nǎu-jr̄"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jeaujinnnaojy"
},
{
"roman": "czjaoczinʹnaočži",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзяоцзиньнаочжи"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiǎojìnnǎozhīr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓㄦ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiǎojìnnǎojhihr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chiao³-chin⁴-nao³-chih¹-ʼrh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jyǎu-jìn-nǎu-jīr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jeaujinnnaojel"
},
{
"roman": "czjaoczinʹnaočžir",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзяоцзиньнаочжир"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gaau² zeon⁶ nou⁵ zap¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gáau jeuhn nóuh jāp"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gaau² dzoen⁶ nou⁵ dzap⁷"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "gao² zên⁶ nou⁵ zeb¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaːu̯³⁵ t͡sɵn²² nou̯¹³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "ká-chīn-náu-chiap"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "ká-tsīn-náu-tsiap"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "kafcixnnawciab"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² nãu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siap̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
}
],
"word": "絞盡腦汁"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "绞尽脑汁",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "絞盡腦汁",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to squeeze out all the brain juice",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 汁",
"Chinese terms spelled with 盡",
"Chinese terms spelled with 絞",
"Chinese terms spelled with 腦",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"zh:Thinking"
],
"glosses": [
"to rack one's brain"
],
"links": [
[
"rack one's brain",
"rack one's brain"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiǎojìnnǎozhī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gaau² zeon⁶ nou⁵ zap¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "ká-chīn-náu-chiap"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiǎojìnnǎozhī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiǎojìnnǎojhih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chiao³-chin⁴-nao³-chih¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jyǎu-jìn-nǎu-jr̄"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jeaujinnnaojy"
},
{
"roman": "czjaoczinʹnaočži",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзяоцзиньнаочжи"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiǎojìnnǎozhīr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄓㄦ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiǎojìnnǎojhihr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chiao³-chin⁴-nao³-chih¹-ʼrh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jyǎu-jìn-nǎu-jīr"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jeaujinnnaojel"
},
{
"roman": "czjaoczinʹnaočžir",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзяоцзиньнаочжир"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gaau² zeon⁶ nou⁵ zap¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gáau jeuhn nóuh jāp"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gaau² dzoen⁶ nou⁵ dzap⁷"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "gao² zên⁶ nou⁵ zeb¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaːu̯³⁵ t͡sɵn²² nou̯¹³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "ká-chīn-náu-chiap"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "ká-tsīn-náu-tsiap"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "kafcixnnawciab"
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² nãu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siap̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ nãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ nãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siap̚³²/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
}
],
"word": "絞盡腦汁"
}
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