"謹小慎微" meaning in All languages combined

See 謹小慎微 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, standard, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, standard, dated, variant, Mainland-China, Sinological-IPA], /kɐn³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ sɐn²² mei̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 谨小慎微 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 謹小慎微
  1. overcautious; meticulous; punctilious Tags: idiomatic
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "谨小慎微",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "謹小慎微",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "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",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "overcautious; meticulous; punctilious"
      ],
      "id": "en-謹小慎微-zh-phrase-f1NdB1np",
      "links": [
        [
          "overcautious",
          "overcautious"
        ],
        [
          "meticulous",
          "meticulous"
        ],
        [
          "punctilious",
          "punctilious"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐnxiǎoshènwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐnxiǎoshènwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄣˋ ㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gan² siu² san⁶ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐnxiǎoshènwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jínxiǎoshènwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄣˋ ㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐnsiǎoshènwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin³-hsiao³-shên⁴-wei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐn-syǎu-shèn-wēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiinsheaushennuei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czinʹsjaošɛnʹvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзиньсяошэньвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐnxiǎoshènwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jínxiǎoshènwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐnsiǎoshènwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin³-hsiao³-shên⁴-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐn-syǎu-shèn-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiinsheaushennwei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czinʹsjaošɛnʹvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзиньсяошэньвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gan² siu² san⁶ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gán síu sahn mèih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gan² siu² san⁶ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gen² xiu² sen⁶ méi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐn³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ sɐn²² mei̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "謹小慎微"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "谨小慎微",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "謹小慎微",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "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 小",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 微",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 慎",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 謹",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "overcautious; meticulous; punctilious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "overcautious",
          "overcautious"
        ],
        [
          "meticulous",
          "meticulous"
        ],
        [
          "punctilious",
          "punctilious"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐnxiǎoshènwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐnxiǎoshènwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄣˋ ㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gan² siu² san⁶ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐnxiǎoshènwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jínxiǎoshènwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄣˋ ㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐnsiǎoshènwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin³-hsiao³-shên⁴-wei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐn-syǎu-shèn-wēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiinsheaushennuei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czinʹsjaošɛnʹvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзиньсяошэньвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐnxiǎoshènwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jínxiǎoshènwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐnsiǎoshènwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin³-hsiao³-shên⁴-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǐn-syǎu-shèn-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiinsheaushennwei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czinʹsjaošɛnʹvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзиньсяошэньвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "standard",
        "dated",
        "variant",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gan² siu² san⁶ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gán síu sahn mèih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gan² siu² san⁶ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gen² xiu² sen⁶ méi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐn³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ sɐn²² mei̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "謹小慎微"
}

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