"作美" meaning in Chinese

See 作美 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɔːk̚³ mei̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /t͡sɔːk̚³ mei̯¹³/, /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/, /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/, /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/ Chinese transliterations: zuòměi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zok³ mei⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], chok-bí, zuòměi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], zuòměi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tso⁴-mei³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dzwò-měi [Mandarin, Yale], tzuohmeei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цзомэй [Mandarin, Palladius], czomɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], jok méih [Cantonese, Yale], dzok⁸ mei⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], zog³ méi⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], chok-bí [Hokkien, POJ], tsok-bí [Hokkien, Tai-lo], zokbie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 作美
  1. to cooperate; to make things easy; to be favourable Derived forms: 不作美, 天公不作美, 天公作美 (tiāngōngzuòměi)
    Sense id: en-作美-zh-verb-JZnYQvq3 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for 作美 meaning in Chinese (2.5kB)

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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "不作美"
        },
        {
          "word": "天公不作美"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tiāngōngzuòměi",
          "word": "天公作美"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the heavens are not cooperative (said when the weather is bad)",
          "roman": "tiāngōng bù zuòměi",
          "text": "天公不作美",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cooperate; to make things easy; to be favourable"
      ],
      "id": "en-作美-zh-verb-JZnYQvq3",
      "links": [
        [
          "cooperate",
          "cooperate"
        ],
        [
          "easy",
          "easy"
        ],
        [
          "favourable",
          "favourable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zuòměi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zok³ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chok-bí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zuòměi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zuòměi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tso⁴-mei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzwò-měi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tzuohmeei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзомэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czomɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jok méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzok⁸ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zog³ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chok-bí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsok-bí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zokbie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ mei̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "作美"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "不作美"
    },
    {
      "word": "天公不作美"
    },
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      "roman": "tiāngōngzuòměi",
      "word": "天公作美"
    }
  ],
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        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the heavens are not cooperative (said when the weather is bad)",
          "roman": "tiāngōng bù zuòměi",
          "text": "天公不作美",
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        }
      ],
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        "to cooperate; to make things easy; to be favourable"
      ],
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          "cooperate",
          "cooperate"
        ],
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          "easy",
          "easy"
        ],
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          "favourable"
        ]
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zuòměi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zok³ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chok-bí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zuòměi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zuòměi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tso⁴-mei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzwò-měi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tzuohmeei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзомэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czomɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jok méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzok⁸ mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zog³ méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chok-bí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsok-bí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zokbie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/",
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        "Zhangzhou"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ mei̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/"
    }
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}
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