"棘手" meaning in Chinese

See 棘手 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA], /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA], /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, IPA] Forms: 撠手 [alternative, Cantonese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 棘手
  1. (literally) thorny Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-棘手-zh-adj-deq2Rwpm
  2. (figuratively) difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly; intractable Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-棘手-zh-adj-aXX7Hdpn Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 傷腦 (shāngnǎo) [informal], 伤脑 (shāngnǎo) [informal], 傷腦筋 (shāng nǎojīn) [informal], 伤脑筋 (shāng nǎojīn) [informal], 刺手 (cìshǒu), 囉嗦 (luōsuo), 啰嗦 (luōsuo), 扎手 (zhāshǒu), 歹紡 [Hokkien, Taiwanese-Hokkien, Xiamen], 歹纺 [Hokkien, Taiwanese-Hokkien, Xiamen], 歹辦 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 歹办 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 䆀紡 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 䆀纺 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 䆀辦 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 䆀办 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 累贅, 累赘, 纏手 (chánshǒu) [figuratively], 缠手 (chánshǒu) [figuratively], 觸纏 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Taiwanese-Hokkien, Xiamen], 触缠 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Taiwanese-Hokkien, Xiamen], 費事 (fèishì), 费事 (fèishì), 費氣 [Hakka, Hokkien], 费气 [Hakka, Hokkien], 費潲氣 [Hokkien], 费潲气 [Hokkien], 辣手 (làshǒu), 鑿手 [Hokkien], 凿手 [Hokkien], 難辦 (nánbàn), 难办 (nánbàn), 麻煩 (máfan), 麻烦 (máfan)

Alternative forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "撠手",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "thorny"
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        "(literally) thorny"
      ],
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "0 100",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
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      ],
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          "english": "a very tricky thing",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "yīge fēicháng jíshǒu de shìqíng",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "一個非常棘手的事情",
          "translation": "a very tricky thing",
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        },
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          ],
          "roman": "yīge fēicháng jíshǒu de shìqíng",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "一个非常棘手的事情",
          "translation": "a very tricky thing",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly; intractable"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "difficult"
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        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ],
        [
          "thorny",
          "thorny"
        ],
        [
          "troublesome",
          "troublesome"
        ],
        [
          "knotty",
          "knotty"
        ],
        [
          "prickly",
          "prickly"
        ],
        [
          "intractable",
          "intractable"
        ]
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        "(figuratively) difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly; intractable"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jíshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kik¹ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gik¹ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kek-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiak-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jíshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jíshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chi²-shou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jí-shǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyishoou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czišou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзишоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "棘手",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "疾首",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kik¹ sau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gik¹ sau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kīk sáu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gīk sáu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kik⁷ sau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gik⁷ sau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kig¹ seo²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gig¹ seo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kek-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kik-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kekchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiak-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiak-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiakchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shāngnǎo",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "傷腦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shāngnǎo",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "伤脑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shāng nǎojīn",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "傷腦筋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shāng nǎojīn",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "伤脑筋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cìshǒu",
      "word": "刺手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "luōsuo",
      "word": "囉嗦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "luōsuo",
      "word": "啰嗦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhāshǒu",
      "word": "扎手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "歹紡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "歹纺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "歹辦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "歹办"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "䆀紡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "䆀纺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "䆀辦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "䆀办"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "累贅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "累赘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chánshǒu",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "纏手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chánshǒu",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "缠手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "觸纏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "触缠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fèishì",
      "word": "費事"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fèishì",
      "word": "费事"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "費氣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "费气"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "費潲氣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "费潲气"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "làshǒu",
      "word": "辣手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "鑿手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "凿手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nánbàn",
      "word": "難辦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nánbàn",
      "word": "难办"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "máfan",
      "word": "麻煩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "máfan",
      "word": "麻烦"
    }
  ],
  "word": "棘手"
}
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        "(literally) thorny"
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            "Traditional-Chinese"
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          "raw_tags": [
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          "roman": "yīge fēicháng jíshǒu de shìqíng",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
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          "text": "一个非常棘手的事情",
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          "type": "example"
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        "(figuratively) difficult to handle; thorny; troublesome; knotty; prickly; intractable"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jíshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kik¹ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gik¹ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kek-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiak-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jíshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jíshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chi²-shou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jí-shǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyishoou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czišou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзишоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "棘手",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "疾首",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kik¹ sau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gik¹ sau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kīk sáu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gīk sáu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kik⁷ sau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gik⁷ sau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kig¹ seo²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gig¹ seo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kek-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kik-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kekchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiak-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiak-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiakchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shāngnǎo",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "傷腦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāngnǎo",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "伤脑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāng nǎojīn",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "傷腦筋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāng nǎojīn",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "伤脑筋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cìshǒu",
      "word": "刺手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luōsuo",
      "word": "囉嗦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luōsuo",
      "word": "啰嗦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhāshǒu",
      "word": "扎手"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "歹紡"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "歹纺"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "歹辦"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "歹办"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "䆀紡"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "䆀纺"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "䆀辦"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "䆀办"
    },
    {
      "word": "累贅"
    },
    {
      "word": "累赘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chánshǒu",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "纏手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chánshǒu",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "缠手"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "觸纏"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "触缠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fèishì",
      "word": "費事"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fèishì",
      "word": "费事"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "費氣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "费气"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "費潲氣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "费潲气"
    },
    {
      "roman": "làshǒu",
      "word": "辣手"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "鑿手"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "凿手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánbàn",
      "word": "難辦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánbàn",
      "word": "难办"
    },
    {
      "roman": "máfan",
      "word": "麻煩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "máfan",
      "word": "麻烦"
    }
  ],
  "word": "棘手"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 棘手 meaning in Chinese (6.9kB)

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