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"etymology_text": "The four common particles in Classical Chinese.",
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"english": "He used so many archaisms in his speech, it was impossible to understand half he said.",
"ref": "他對人說話，總是滿口之乎者也，教人半懂不懂的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "他对人说话，总是满口之乎者也，教人半懂不懂的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 魯迅 Lu Xun, 《孔乙己》 Kung I-chi, 1919; translation by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang.\nTā duìrén shuōhuà, zǒngshì mǎnkǒu zhīhūzhěyě, jiào rén bàn dǒng bùdǒng de. [Pinyin]",
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"unintelligible speech or article filled with archaisms; pedantic expressions; grandiloquent speech; semi-incomprehensible talk"
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"id": "en-之乎者也-zh-phrase-UnCKuRKx",
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"zh-pron": "zhīhūzhěyě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄏㄨ ㄓㄜˇ ㄧㄝˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "zi¹ fu⁴ ze² jaa⁵"
},
{
"zh-pron": "ze¹ hu⁷ zia² ia²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "¹tsy-hu-tse-ye"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "zhīhūzhěyě [Phonetic:zhīhūzhéyě]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jhihhujhěyě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chih¹-hu¹-chê³-yeh³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jr̄-hū-jě-yě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jyhujeeyee"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "чжихучжэе"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "čžixučžɛje"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "jī fùh jé yáh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dzi¹ fu⁴ dze² jaa⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ji¹ fu⁴ zé² ya⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ fuː²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵ jaː¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "ze¹ hu⁷ zia² ia²"
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "tsṳ hū tsiá iá"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ hu¹¹ t͡sia⁵²⁻³⁵ ia⁵²⁻²¹/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "¹tsy-hu-tse-ye"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "tsy^平 hu tse yae"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "¹tsr-hu-tse-hhie"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ hu³³ t͡se³³ ɦie²¹/"
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: zhīhūzhéyě]"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ fuː²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵ jaː¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ hu¹¹ t͡sia⁵²⁻³⁵ ia⁵²⁻²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ hu³³ t͡se³³ ɦie²¹/"
}
],
"word": "之乎者也"
}
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"english": "He used so many archaisms in his speech, it was impossible to understand half he said.",
"ref": "他對人說話，總是滿口之乎者也，教人半懂不懂的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "他对人说话，总是满口之乎者也，教人半懂不懂的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 魯迅 Lu Xun, 《孔乙己》 Kung I-chi, 1919; translation by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang.\nTā duìrén shuōhuà, zǒngshì mǎnkǒu zhīhūzhěyě, jiào rén bàn dǒng bùdǒng de. [Pinyin]",
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"zh-pron": "zhīhūzhěyě"
},
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄏㄨ ㄓㄜˇ ㄧㄝˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "zi¹ fu⁴ ze² jaa⁵"
},
{
"zh-pron": "ze¹ hu⁷ zia² ia²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "¹tsy-hu-tse-ye"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "zhīhūzhěyě [Phonetic:zhīhūzhéyě]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jhihhujhěyě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chih¹-hu¹-chê³-yeh³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jr̄-hū-jě-yě"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jyhujeeyee"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "чжихучжэе"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "čžixučžɛje"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jī fùh jé yáh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dzi¹ fu⁴ dze² jaa⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ji¹ fu⁴ zé² ya⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ fuː²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵ jaː¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "ze¹ hu⁷ zia² ia²"
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "tsṳ hū tsiá iá"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ hu¹¹ t͡sia⁵²⁻³⁵ ia⁵²⁻²¹/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "¹tsy-hu-tse-ye"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "tsy^平 hu tse yae"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "¹tsr-hu-tse-hhie"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ hu³³ t͡se³³ ɦie²¹/"
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: zhīhūzhéyě]"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ fuː²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵ jaː¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ hu¹¹ t͡sia⁵²⁻³⁵ ia⁵²⁻²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ hu³³ t͡se³³ ɦie²¹/"
}
],
"word": "之乎者也"
}
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