"私了" meaning in Chinese

See 私了 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /sz̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /siː⁵⁵ liːu̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sz̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /siː⁵⁵ liːu̯¹³/ Chinese transliterations: sīliǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄙ ㄌㄧㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], si¹ liu⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sīliǎo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄙ ㄌㄧㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], sihliǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], ssŭ¹-liao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], sz̄-lyǎu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], syleau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], сыляо [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], syljao [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sī líuh [Cantonese, Yale], si¹ liu⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], xi¹ liu⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 獅鳥,
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 私了
  1. to settle (a matter) privately without involving authorities
    Sense id: en-私了-zh-verb-i8LQ8Zte Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Hong Kong politics Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Hong Kong politics: 48 52
  2. (Hong Kong, neologism, slang, of a pro-democracy protester) to extrajudicially punish a perceived opponent (which almost inevitably devolves into violence) Tags: Hong-Kong, neologism, slang
    Sense id: en-私了-zh-verb-nE9I9qSO Categories (other): Chinese neologisms, Hong Kong Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Hong Kong politics Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Hong Kong politics: 48 52

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "gōngliǎo",
      "word": "公了"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "獅鳥",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Cantonese sense 2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鶳",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Cantonese sense 2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "私了",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Hong Kong politics",
          "orig": "zh:Hong Kong politics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to settle (a matter) privately without involving authorities"
      ],
      "id": "en-私了-zh-verb-i8LQ8Zte",
      "links": [
        [
          "settle",
          "settle"
        ],
        [
          "privately",
          "privately"
        ],
        [
          "involving",
          "involving"
        ],
        [
          "authorities",
          "authorities"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese neologisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hong Kong Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Hong Kong politics",
          "orig": "zh:Hong Kong politics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to extrajudicially punish a perceived opponent (which almost inevitably devolves into violence)"
      ],
      "id": "en-私了-zh-verb-nE9I9qSO",
      "links": [
        [
          "pro-democracy",
          "pro-democracy"
        ],
        [
          "protester",
          "protester"
        ],
        [
          "extrajudicially",
          "extrajudicially"
        ],
        [
          "punish",
          "punish"
        ],
        [
          "perceived",
          "perceived"
        ],
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ],
        [
          "inevitably",
          "inevitably"
        ],
        [
          "devolve",
          "devolve"
        ],
        [
          "violence",
          "violence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong, neologism, slang, of a pro-democracy protester) to extrajudicially punish a perceived opponent (which almost inevitably devolves into violence)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a pro-democracy protester"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong",
        "neologism",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīliǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙ ㄌㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si¹ liu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīliǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙ ㄌㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sihliǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ssŭ¹-liao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sz̄-lyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syleau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сыляо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syljao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sī líuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si¹ liu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi¹ liu⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː⁵⁵ liːu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː⁵⁵ liːu̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "私了"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "gōngliǎo",
      "word": "公了"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 了",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 私",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Hong Kong politics"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "獅鳥",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Cantonese sense 2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鶳",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Cantonese sense 2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "私了",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to settle (a matter) privately without involving authorities"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "settle",
          "settle"
        ],
        [
          "privately",
          "privately"
        ],
        [
          "involving",
          "involving"
        ],
        [
          "authorities",
          "authorities"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese neologisms",
        "Chinese slang",
        "Hong Kong Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to extrajudicially punish a perceived opponent (which almost inevitably devolves into violence)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pro-democracy",
          "pro-democracy"
        ],
        [
          "protester",
          "protester"
        ],
        [
          "extrajudicially",
          "extrajudicially"
        ],
        [
          "punish",
          "punish"
        ],
        [
          "perceived",
          "perceived"
        ],
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ],
        [
          "inevitably",
          "inevitably"
        ],
        [
          "devolve",
          "devolve"
        ],
        [
          "violence",
          "violence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong, neologism, slang, of a pro-democracy protester) to extrajudicially punish a perceived opponent (which almost inevitably devolves into violence)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a pro-democracy protester"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong",
        "neologism",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīliǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙ ㄌㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si¹ liu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīliǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙ ㄌㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sihliǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ssŭ¹-liao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sz̄-lyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syleau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сыляо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syljao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sī líuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si¹ liu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi¹ liu⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː⁵⁵ liːu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː⁵⁵ liːu̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "私了"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 私了 meaning in Chinese (2.8kB)

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  "path": [
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