See 牆頭草 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "墙头草",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "牆頭草",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "grass on top of a wall (which sways with every gust of wind)",
"pos": "phrase",
"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"
}
],
"glosses": [
"fence sitter; a person who is on the fence"
],
"id": "en-牆頭草-zh-phrase-0ONVA5AJ",
"links": [
[
"fence sitter",
"fence sitter"
],
[
"on the fence",
"on the fence"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qiángtóucǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "coeng⁴ tau⁴ cou²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Wugniu"
],
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Shanghai"
],
"zh_pron": "⁶zhian-deu-tshau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qiángtóucǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ciángtóucǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻiang²-tʻou²-tsʻao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyáng-tóu-tsǎu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chyangtourtsao"
},
{
"roman": "cjantoucao",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цянтоуцао"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qiángtóurcǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊㄦ ㄘㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ciángtóurcǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻiang²-tʻou²-ʼrh-tsʻao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyáng-tóur-tsǎu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chyangtourltsao"
},
{
"roman": "cjantourcao",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цянтоурцао"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "coeng⁴ tau⁴ cou²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chèuhng tàuh chóu"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsoeng⁴ tau⁴ tsou²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "cêng⁴ teo⁴ cou²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Wugniu"
],
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Northern",
"Shanghai"
],
"zh_pron": "⁶zhian-deu-tshau"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"MiniDict"
],
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Northern",
"Shanghai"
],
"zh_pron": "zhian^去 deu tshau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Northern",
"Shanghai",
"Wiktionary-specific",
"romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "³xxian-deu-tshau"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʑiã²² dɤ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔ²¹/",
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Northern",
"Shanghai",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "牆頭草"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "墙头草",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "牆頭草",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "grass on top of a wall (which sways with every gust of wind)",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 牆",
"Chinese terms spelled with 草",
"Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Wu idioms",
"Wu lemmas"
],
"glosses": [
"fence sitter; a person who is on the fence"
],
"links": [
[
"fence sitter",
"fence sitter"
],
[
"on the fence",
"on the fence"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qiángtóucǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "coeng⁴ tau⁴ cou²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Wugniu"
],
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Shanghai"
],
"zh_pron": "⁶zhian-deu-tshau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qiángtóucǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ciángtóucǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻiang²-tʻou²-tsʻao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyáng-tóu-tsǎu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chyangtourtsao"
},
{
"roman": "cjantoucao",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цянтоуцао"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qiángtóurcǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊㄦ ㄘㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ciángtóurcǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻiang²-tʻou²-ʼrh-tsʻao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chyáng-tóur-tsǎu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chyangtourltsao"
},
{
"roman": "cjantourcao",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цянтоурцао"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "coeng⁴ tau⁴ cou²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chèuhng tàuh chóu"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsoeng⁴ tau⁴ tsou²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "cêng⁴ teo⁴ cou²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Wugniu"
],
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Northern",
"Shanghai"
],
"zh_pron": "⁶zhian-deu-tshau"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"MiniDict"
],
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Northern",
"Shanghai"
],
"zh_pron": "zhian^去 deu tshau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Northern",
"Shanghai",
"Wiktionary-specific",
"romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "³xxian-deu-tshau"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʑiã²² dɤ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔ²¹/",
"tags": [
"Wu",
"Northern",
"Shanghai",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "牆頭草"
}
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