"咬字" meaning in Chinese

See 咬字 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Erhua, Sinological-IPA], /ŋaːu̯¹³ t͡siː²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ka³³⁻²¹ zi³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Kaohsiung, IPA], /ka³³⁻¹¹ li³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taipei, IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} 咬字
  1. (in Chinese opera, or other forms of vocal art, or generally) to enunciate; to pronounce Synonyms: 吐字 (tǔzì)
    Sense id: en-咬字-zh-verb-I6J1ePU2 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "咬字",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to pronounce clearly",
          "roman": "yǎozì qīngxī",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "咬字清晰",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to enunciate; to pronounce"
      ],
      "id": "en-咬字-zh-verb-I6J1ePU2",
      "links": [
        [
          "enunciate",
          "enunciate"
        ],
        [
          "pronounce",
          "pronounce"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "or other forms of vocal art; or generally; or other forms of vocal art; or generally",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in Chinese opera, or other forms of vocal art, or generally) to enunciate; to pronounce"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Chinese opera"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "tǔzì",
          "word": "吐字"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎozì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄠˇ ㄗˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngaau⁵ zi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kā-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kā-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎozì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄠˇ ㄗˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎozìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yao³-tzŭ⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎu-dz̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yeautzyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jaoczy",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "яоцзы"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎozìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄠˇ ㄗˋㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎozìhr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yao³-tzŭ⁴-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎu-dzìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yeautzell"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jaoczyr",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "яоцзыр"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngaau⁵ zi⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngáauh jih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngaau⁵ dzi⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngao⁵ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːu̯¹³ t͡siː²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kā-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kā-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kaxji"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ka³³⁻²¹ zi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kā-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kā-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kaxli"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ka³³⁻¹¹ li³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "咬字"
}
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      "args": {
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        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "咬字",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 咬",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 字",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to pronounce clearly",
          "roman": "yǎozì qīngxī",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "咬字清晰",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to enunciate; to pronounce"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enunciate",
          "enunciate"
        ],
        [
          "pronounce",
          "pronounce"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "or other forms of vocal art; or generally; or other forms of vocal art; or generally",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in Chinese opera, or other forms of vocal art, or generally) to enunciate; to pronounce"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Chinese opera"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎozì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄠˇ ㄗˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngaau⁵ zi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kā-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kā-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎozì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄠˇ ㄗˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎozìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yao³-tzŭ⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎu-dz̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yeautzyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jaoczy",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "яоцзы"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎozìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄠˇ ㄗˋㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎozìhr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yao³-tzŭ⁴-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǎu-dzìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yeautzell"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jaoczyr",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "яоцзыр"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngaau⁵ zi⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngáauh jih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngaau⁵ dzi⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngao⁵ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːu̯¹³ t͡siː²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kā-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kā-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kaxji"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ka³³⁻²¹ zi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kā-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kā-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kaxli"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ka³³⁻¹¹ li³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tǔzì",
      "word": "吐字"
    }
  ],
  "word": "咬字"
}

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