"無所適從" meaning in Chinese

See 無所適從 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /bu²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /bɤ²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/, /mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/, /bu²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/, /bɤ²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²³/, /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/ Chinese transliterations: wúsuǒshìcóng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mou⁴ so² sik¹ cung⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bû-só͘-sek-chiông, bô-só͘-sek-chiông, wúsuǒshìcóng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], wúsuǒshìhcóng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], wu²-so³-shih⁴-tsʻung² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], wú-swǒ-shr̀-tsúng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], wusuooshyhtsorng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], усошицун [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], usošicun [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], mòuh só sīk chùhng [Cantonese, Yale], mou⁴ so² sik⁷ tsung⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mou⁴ so² xig¹ cung⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], bû-só͘-sek-chiông [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], bû-sóo-sik-tsiông [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], busofsekcioong [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], bô-só͘-sek-chiông [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], bô-sóo-sik-tsiông [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], boisofsekcioong [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 无所适从
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 無所適從
  1. to not know what course to take; to be at a loss of what to do Tags: idiomatic
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      ]
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hokkien chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not know what course to take; to be at a loss of what to do"
      ],
      "id": "en-無所適從-zh-phrase-rX75HK3A",
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "at a loss",
          "at a loss"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúsuǒshìcóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ so² sik¹ cung⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bû-só͘-sek-chiông"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bô-só͘-sek-chiông"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúsuǒshìcóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúsuǒshìhcóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-so³-shih⁴-tsʻung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-swǒ-shr̀-tsúng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wusuooshyhtsorng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "усошицун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "usošicun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh só sīk chùhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ so² sik⁷ tsung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ so² xig¹ cung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-só͘-sek-chiông"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-sóo-sik-tsiông"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "busofsekcioong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-só͘-sek-chiông"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-sóo-sik-tsiông"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boisofsekcioong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無所適從"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无所适从",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "無所適從",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 從",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 所",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 適",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not know what course to take; to be at a loss of what to do"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "at a loss",
          "at a loss"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúsuǒshìcóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ so² sik¹ cung⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bû-só͘-sek-chiông"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bô-só͘-sek-chiông"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúsuǒshìcóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúsuǒshìhcóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-so³-shih⁴-tsʻung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-swǒ-shr̀-tsúng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wusuooshyhtsorng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "усошицун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "usošicun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh só sīk chùhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ so² sik⁷ tsung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ so² xig¹ cung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-só͘-sek-chiông"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bû-sóo-sik-tsiông"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "busofsekcioong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-só͘-sek-chiông"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bô-sóo-sik-tsiông"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "boisofsekcioong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bu²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無所適從"
}

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