"文縐縐" meaning in Chinese

See 文縐縐 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, variant, Sinological-IPA], /wən³⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, variant, Sinological-IPA], /mɐn²¹ t͡sɐu̯³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 文绉绉 [Simplified-Chinese], 文謅謅 [alternative, Traditional-Chinese], 文诌诌 [alternative, Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 文縐縐
  1. inkhorn; bookish; genteel; erudite
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "文绉绉",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "文謅謅",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "文诌诌",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "文縐縐",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "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": [
        "inkhorn; bookish; genteel; erudite"
      ],
      "id": "en-文縐縐-zh-adj-hiqUsMQu",
      "links": [
        [
          "inkhorn",
          "inkhorn"
        ],
        [
          "bookish",
          "bookish"
        ],
        [
          "genteel",
          "genteel"
        ],
        [
          "erudite",
          "erudite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénzhòuzhòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénzhōuzhōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénzōuzōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄡˋ ㄓㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄗㄡ ㄗㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "man⁴ zau³ zau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénzhòuzhòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄡˋ ㄓㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnjhòujhòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wên²-chou⁴-chou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wén-jòu-jòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wenjowjow"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛnʹčžoučžou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэньчжоучжоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénzhōuzhōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnjhoujhou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wên²-chou¹-chou¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wén-jōu-jōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wenjoujou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛnʹčžoučžou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэньчжоучжоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénzōuzōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄗㄡ ㄗㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnzouzou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wên²-tsou¹-tsou¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wén-dzōu-dzōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wentzoutzou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛnʹczouczou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэньцзоуцзоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "man⁴ zau³ zau³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "màhn jau jau"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "man⁴ dzau³ dzau³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "men⁴ zeo³ zeo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡sɐu̯³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "文縐縐"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "文绉绉",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "文謅謅",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "文诌诌",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "文縐縐",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese adjectives",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adjectives",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 文",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 縐",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inkhorn; bookish; genteel; erudite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inkhorn",
          "inkhorn"
        ],
        [
          "bookish",
          "bookish"
        ],
        [
          "genteel",
          "genteel"
        ],
        [
          "erudite",
          "erudite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénzhòuzhòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénzhōuzhōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénzōuzōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄡˋ ㄓㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄗㄡ ㄗㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "man⁴ zau³ zau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénzhòuzhòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄡˋ ㄓㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnjhòujhòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wên²-chou⁴-chou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wén-jòu-jòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wenjowjow"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛnʹčžoučžou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэньчжоучжоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénzhōuzhōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnjhoujhou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wên²-chou¹-chou¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wén-jōu-jōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wenjoujou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛnʹčžoučžou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэньчжоучжоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wénzōuzōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄣˊ ㄗㄡ ㄗㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnzouzou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wên²-tsou¹-tsou¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wén-dzōu-dzōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wentzoutzou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛnʹczouczou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэньцзоуцзоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "man⁴ zau³ zau³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "màhn jau jau"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "man⁴ dzau³ dzau³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "men⁴ zeo³ zeo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡sɐu̯³³ t͡sɐu̯³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "文縐縐"
}

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