"世故" meaning in Chinese

See 世故 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/, /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/, /sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/, /se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/, /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/, /si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: shìgù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sai³ gu³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sè-kò͘, sì-kò͘, shìgù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], shìgu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄕˋ ˙ㄍㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard, toneless-final-syllable-variant], shìhgů [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], shih⁴-ku⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], shr̀-gu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shyh.guh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], шигу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], šigu [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sai gu [Cantonese, Yale], sai³ gu³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sei³ gu³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sè-kò͘ [Hokkien, POJ], sè-kòo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sea'kox [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sì-kò͘ [Hokkien, POJ], sì-kòo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sie'kox [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 世故
  1. shrewd; canny; slick and sly Derived forms: 人情世故 (rénqíngshìgù), 老於世故 (lǎoyúshìgù), 老于世故 (lǎoyúshìgù), 飽經世故, 饱经世故
    Sense id: en-世故-zh-adj-gak5S2k5 Synonyms: (diāo), 刁滑 (diāohuá), 刁鑽 (diāozuān), 刁钻 (diāozuān), 刁頑 (diāowán) (english: cunning and stubborn) [literary], 刁顽 (diāowán) (english: cunning and stubborn) [literary], 即世 (jíshì) [literary], 圓泛 (yenn2 fan4) [Xiang], 圆泛 (yenn2 fan4) [Xiang], 圓滑 (yuánhuá), 圆滑 (yuánhuá), 圞泛 (lonn2 fan4) [Xiang], 𪢮泛 (lonn2 fan4) [Xiang], 奸宄 [Hokkien], 奸巧 [Hokkien], 奸狡, 奸猾 (jiānhuá), 奸險 (jiānxiǎn), 姦刁 [Wu], 奸刁 (1ke-tiau) [Wu], 姦詐 (jiānzhà), 奸诈 (jiānzhà), 油滑 (yóuhuá), , 滑頭 (huátóu), 滑头 (huátóu), 狡怪 (káu-koài) [Hokkien], 狡猾 (jiǎohuá), 狡獪 (jiǎokuài) [literary], 狡狯 (jiǎokuài) [literary], 狡詐 (jiǎozhà), 狡诈 (jiǎozhà), 狡鬼 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) [literary], 詭詐 (guǐzhà), 诡诈 (guǐzhà), 調皮 (tiáopí), 调皮 (tiáopí), 陰濕 (english: jam1 sap1) [Cantonese], 阴湿 (english: jam1 sap1) [Cantonese], 陰險 (yīnxiǎn), 阴险 (yīnxiǎn), 頑惡 (wánwù) [literary], 顽恶 (wánwù) [literary]

Noun

IPA: /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/, /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/, /sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/, /se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/, /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/, /si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: shìgù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sai³ gu³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sè-kò͘, sì-kò͘, shìgù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], shìgu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄕˋ ˙ㄍㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard, toneless-final-syllable-variant], shìhgů [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], shih⁴-ku⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], shr̀-gu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shyh.guh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], шигу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], šigu [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sai gu [Cantonese, Yale], sai³ gu³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sei³ gu³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sè-kò͘ [Hokkien, POJ], sè-kòo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sea'kox [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sì-kò͘ [Hokkien, POJ], sì-kòo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sie'kox [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 世故
  1. ways of the world
    Sense id: en-世故-zh-noun-FAZi6jWf Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 7 61 1 2 13 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 63 1 3 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 63 1 3 14 17
  2. (archaic) livelihood Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-世故-zh-noun-wd4uQBuj
  3. (archaic) accident; mishap Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-世故-zh-noun-aIIKz31O
  4. (archaic) turmoil; social upheaval caused by war Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-世故-zh-noun-kXZw1CEF
  5. (archaic) longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-世故-zh-noun-Cs5CL3q5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 生活 (shēnghuó), 生涯 (shēngyá), 生產 (shēngchǎn) [archaic], 生产 (shēngchǎn) [archaic], 生計 (shēngjì), 生计 (shēngjì), 生路 (shēnglù), 飯碗 (fànwǎn) [figuratively, informal], 饭碗 (fànwǎn) [figuratively, informal]
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      "zh-pron": "sì-kò͘"
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      "zh-pron": "shìgù"
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      "zh-pron": "шигу"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "sai gu"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai³ gu³"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sei³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
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      "zh-pron": "sè-kò͘"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
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      "zh-pron": "sè-kòo"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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      "zh-pron": "sea'kox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
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        "POJ"
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      "zh-pron": "sì-kò͘"
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        "Tai-lo"
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        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/"
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      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/"
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      "ipa": "/sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/"
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      "ipa": "/si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/"
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      "roman": "shēnghuó",
      "word": "生活"
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      "roman": "shēngyá",
      "word": "生涯"
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      "roman": "shēngchǎn",
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      "word": "生产"
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      "word": "生計"
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      "roman": "shēngjì",
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          "roman": "rénqíngshìgù",
          "word": "人情世故"
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        {
          "roman": "lǎoyúshìgù",
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          "roman": "diāo",
          "word": "刁"
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        {
          "roman": "diāohuá",
          "word": "刁滑"
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        {
          "roman": "diāozuān",
          "word": "刁鑽"
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        {
          "roman": "diāozuān",
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        {
          "english": "cunning and stubborn",
          "roman": "diāowán",
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          "word": "刁頑"
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        {
          "english": "cunning and stubborn",
          "roman": "diāowán",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "刁顽"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jíshì",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "即世"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yenn2 fan4",
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "圓泛"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yenn2 fan4",
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "圆泛"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuánhuá",
          "word": "圓滑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuánhuá",
          "word": "圆滑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lonn2 fan4",
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "圞泛"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lonn2 fan4",
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "𪢮泛"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "奸宄"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "奸巧"
        },
        {
          "word": "奸狡"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiānhuá",
          "word": "奸猾"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiānxiǎn",
          "word": "奸險"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "姦刁"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "奸刁 (1ke-tiau)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiānzhà",
          "word": "姦詐"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiānzhà",
          "word": "奸诈"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yóuhuá",
          "word": "油滑"
        },
        {
          "word": "滑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huátóu",
          "word": "滑頭"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huátóu",
          "word": "滑头"
        },
        {
          "roman": "káu-koài",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "狡怪"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎohuá",
          "word": "狡猾"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎokuài",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "狡獪"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎokuài",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "狡狯"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎozhà",
          "word": "狡詐"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎozhà",
          "word": "狡诈"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "狡鬼"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎoxiá",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "狡黠"
        },
        {
          "roman": "guǐzhà",
          "word": "詭詐"
        },
        {
          "roman": "guǐzhà",
          "word": "诡诈"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tiáopí",
          "word": "調皮"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tiáopí",
          "word": "调皮"
        },
        {
          "english": "jam1 sap1",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "陰濕"
        },
        {
          "english": "jam1 sap1",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "阴湿"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīnxiǎn",
          "word": "陰險"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīnxiǎn",
          "word": "阴险"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wánwù",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "頑惡"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wánwù",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "顽恶"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sè-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sì-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìgu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˋ ˙ㄍㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìhgů"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shih⁴-ku⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shr̀-gu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyh.guh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шигу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šigu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai gu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sei³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sè-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sè-kòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sea'kox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sì-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sì-kòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sie'kox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "世故"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 世",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 故",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "世故",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ways of the world"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "livelihood"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "livelihood",
          "livelihood"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) livelihood"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "accident; mishap"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accident",
          "accident"
        ],
        [
          "mishap",
          "mishap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) accident; mishap"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "turmoil; social upheaval caused by war"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turmoil",
          "turmoil"
        ],
        [
          "social",
          "social"
        ],
        [
          "upheaval",
          "upheaval"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) turmoil; social upheaval caused by war"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "longstanding",
          "longstanding"
        ],
        [
          "friendship",
          "friendship"
        ],
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ],
        [
          "families",
          "families"
        ],
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sè-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sì-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìgu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˋ ˙ㄍㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìhgů"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shih⁴-ku⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shr̀-gu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyh.guh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шигу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šigu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai gu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sei³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sè-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sè-kòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sea'kox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sì-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sì-kòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sie'kox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shēnghuó",
      "word": "生活"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēngyá",
      "word": "生涯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēngchǎn",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "生產"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēngchǎn",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "生产"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēngjì",
      "word": "生計"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēngjì",
      "word": "生计"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēnglù",
      "word": "生路"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fànwǎn",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "飯碗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fànwǎn",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "饭碗"
    }
  ],
  "word": "世故"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 世",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 故",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "rénqíngshìgù",
      "word": "人情世故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎoyúshìgù",
      "word": "老於世故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎoyúshìgù",
      "word": "老于世故"
    },
    {
      "word": "飽經世故"
    },
    {
      "word": "饱经世故"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "世故",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shrewd; canny; slick and sly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shrewd",
          "shrewd"
        ],
        [
          "canny",
          "canny"
        ],
        [
          "slick",
          "slick"
        ],
        [
          "sly",
          "sly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sè-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sì-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìgu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˋ ˙ㄍㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìhgů"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shih⁴-ku⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shr̀-gu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyh.guh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шигу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šigu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai gu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sai³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sei³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sè-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sè-kòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sea'kox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sì-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sì-kòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sie'kox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "diāo",
      "word": "刁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "diāohuá",
      "word": "刁滑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "diāozuān",
      "word": "刁鑽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "diāozuān",
      "word": "刁钻"
    },
    {
      "english": "cunning and stubborn",
      "roman": "diāowán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "刁頑"
    },
    {
      "english": "cunning and stubborn",
      "roman": "diāowán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "刁顽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jíshì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "即世"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yenn2 fan4",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "圓泛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yenn2 fan4",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "圆泛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánhuá",
      "word": "圓滑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánhuá",
      "word": "圆滑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lonn2 fan4",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "圞泛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lonn2 fan4",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "𪢮泛"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "奸宄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "奸巧"
    },
    {
      "word": "奸狡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānhuá",
      "word": "奸猾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānxiǎn",
      "word": "奸險"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "姦刁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "奸刁 (1ke-tiau)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānzhà",
      "word": "姦詐"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānzhà",
      "word": "奸诈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóuhuá",
      "word": "油滑"
    },
    {
      "word": "滑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huátóu",
      "word": "滑頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huátóu",
      "word": "滑头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "káu-koài",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "狡怪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎohuá",
      "word": "狡猾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎokuài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "狡獪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎokuài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "狡狯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎozhà",
      "word": "狡詐"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎozhà",
      "word": "狡诈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "狡鬼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎoxiá",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "狡黠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guǐzhà",
      "word": "詭詐"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guǐzhà",
      "word": "诡诈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiáopí",
      "word": "調皮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiáopí",
      "word": "调皮"
    },
    {
      "english": "jam1 sap1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "陰濕"
    },
    {
      "english": "jam1 sap1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "阴湿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnxiǎn",
      "word": "陰險"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnxiǎn",
      "word": "阴险"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wánwù",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "頑惡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wánwù",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "顽恶"
    }
  ],
  "word": "世故"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 世故 meaning in Chinese (9.6kB)

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