"磋" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: cuō [Mandarin, Pinyin], cuo¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄘㄨㄛ [Mandarin, bopomofo], co¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], cuō [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], cuo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tsʻo¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tswō [Mandarin, Yale], tsuo [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цо [Mandarin, Palladius], co [Mandarin, Palladius], chō [Cantonese, Yale], tso¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], co¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tsha [Middle-Chinese], tshwaH [Middle-Chinese], /*[tsʰ]ˤaj/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*sʰlaːl/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰlaːl) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 差 (OC *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral). Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *sʰlaːl}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰlaːl), {{m|zh|石//||stone|tr=-}} 石 (“stone”), {{m|zh|差//|||tr=<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help" title="Old Chinese">OC *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral</span>}} 差 (OC *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral), {{Han compound|石|差|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=stone}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰlaːl) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 差 (OC *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 磋
  1. (literal) to polish Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-磋-zh-character-VEfMihI3 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 61 39
  2. ^⁜ (figurative) to deliberate
    Sense id: en-磋-zh-character-9hiI~IH0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 互切互磋, 切磋 (qiēcuō), 切磋琢磨 (qiēcuōzhuómó), 如切如磋, 磋商 (cuōshāng), 磋摩, 磋磨, 磋議 (cuōyì), 磋议 (cuōyì)

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      "word": "互切互磋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiēcuō",
      "word": "切磋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiēcuōzhuómó",
      "word": "切磋琢磨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "如切如磋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuōshāng",
      "word": "磋商"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "磋摩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "磋磨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuōyì",
      "word": "磋議"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuōyì",
      "word": "磋议"
    }
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    },
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        "nocap": "",
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      },
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    },
    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "stone",
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral</span>"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "name": "Han compound"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰlaːl) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 差 (OC *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral).",
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to polish"
      ],
      "id": "en-磋-zh-character-VEfMihI3",
      "links": [
        [
          "polish",
          "polish"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) to polish"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "^⁜ (figurative) to deliberate"
      ],
      "id": "en-磋-zh-character-9hiI~IH0",
      "links": [
        [
          "deliberate",
          "deliberate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuo¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄨㄛ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "co¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻo¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tswō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsuo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "co"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tso¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "co¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshwaH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[tsʰ]ˤaj/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sʰlaːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[tsʰ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*sʰlaːl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "磋"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "互切互磋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiēcuō",
      "word": "切磋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiēcuōzhuómó",
      "word": "切磋琢磨"
    },
    {
      "word": "如切如磋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuōshāng",
      "word": "磋商"
    },
    {
      "word": "磋摩"
    },
    {
      "word": "磋磨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuōyì",
      "word": "磋議"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuōyì",
      "word": "磋议"
    }
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    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "c1": "s",
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      },
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      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰlaːl) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 差 (OC *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral).",
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "磋",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to polish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "polish",
          "polish"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) to polish"
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "^⁜ (figurative) to deliberate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deliberate",
          "deliberate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuo¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄨㄛ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "co¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻo¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tswō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsuo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "co"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tso¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "co¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshwaH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[tsʰ]ˤaj/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sʰlaːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[tsʰ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*sʰlaːl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "磋"
}
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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "磋"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "磋",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "磋"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "磋",
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}

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