"荊棘" meaning in Chinese

See 荊棘 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kin²⁴ kit̚²/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /kiɪŋ³³ kiak̚⁵/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /keŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/, /kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/, /kin²⁴ kit̚²/, /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/, /kiɪŋ³³ kiak̚⁵/, /keŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚²/ Chinese transliterations: jīngjí [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ging¹ gik¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kîn-kit [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], keng-kek [Hokkien, POJ], keng-kiak [Hokkien, POJ], gêng¹ gêg⁴ [Peng'im, Teochew], jīngjí [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], jingjí [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], ching¹-chi² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], jīng-jí [Mandarin, Yale, standard], jingjyi [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цзинцзи [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], czinczi [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], gīng gīk [Cantonese, Yale], ging¹ gik⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ging¹ gig¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kîn-kit [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], gin^ˊ gid^ˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], gin¹ gid⁵ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], king-kik [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kengkeg [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], king-kiak [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kengkiag [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], keng kek [POJ, Teochew], kjaeng kik [Middle-Chinese], /*[k]reŋ krək/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*keŋ krɯɡ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 荆棘, 荆棘
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 荊棘
  1. (literary, figurative) chaotic; disorderly Tags: figuratively, literary
    Sense id: en-荊棘-zh-adj-bAGUi4p9 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 17 37 37 6 3 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with redundant transliterations: 28 31 33 5 3 Synonyms: 一塌糊塗, 一塌糊涂, (luàn), (luàn), 亂七八糟 (luànqībāzāo), 乱七八糟 (luànqībāzāo), 亂雜 (luànzá) [literary], 乱杂 (luànzá) [literary], 凌亂 (língluàn), 嘈亂 (cáoluàn) (english: of sound) [literary], 嘈乱 (cáoluàn) (english: of sound) [literary], 大鼎炒狗蟻 [Hokkien], 大鼎炒狗蚁 [Hokkien], 挐亂 [Hokkien], 挐乱 [Hokkien], 擾擾 (rǎorǎo), 扰扰 (rǎorǎo), 散亂 (sǎnluàn), 散乱 (sǎnluàn), 有七無八 [Hokkien], 有七无八 [Hokkien], 殽亂 (xiáoluàn) [literary], 淆乱 (xiáoluàn) [literary], 混亂 (hùnluàn), 混乱 (hùnluàn), 烏七八糟 (wūqībāzāo), 乌七八糟 (wūqībāzāo), 烏哩單刀 [Cantonese], 乌哩单刀 [Cantonese], 無序 (wúxù), 无序 (wúxù), 狼戾 [Hakka, literary], 狼狼戾戾 [Hakka], 狼藉 (lángjí), 立立亂 (english: lap6 lap6-2 lyun6) [Cantonese], 立立乱 (english: lap6 lap6-2 lyun6) [Cantonese], 糊塗, 糊涂, 糾紛 (jiūfēn) [literary], 纠纷 (jiūfēn) [literary], (wěn) [in-compounds, literary], 紛亂 (fēnluàn), 纷乱 (fēnluàn), 紊亂 (wěnluàn), 紊乱 (wěnluàn), 紛雜 (fēnzá) [literary], 纷杂 (fēnzá) [literary], 繚亂 (liáoluàn) [formal], 缭乱 (liáoluàn) [formal], 肆亂 (sìluàn) [literary], 肆乱 (sìluàn) [literary], 蕪雜 (wúzá), 芜杂 (wúzá), 雜亂 (záluàn), 杂乱 (záluàn), 雜醪膏 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 杂醪膏 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 鬼打樣 [Hakka], 鬼打样 [Hakka] Derived forms: 披荊棘, 披荆棘, 滿地荊棘, 满地荆棘, 燃燒的荊棘 (ránshāo de jīngjí), 燃烧的荆棘 (ránshāo de jīngjí), 舉動荊棘 (jǔdòngjīngjí), 举动荆棘 (jǔdòngjīngjí), 荊棘律, 荆棘律, 荊棘銅駝, 荆棘铜驼, 銅駝荊棘, 铜驼荆棘

Noun

IPA: /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kin²⁴ kit̚²/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /kiɪŋ³³ kiak̚⁵/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /keŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/, /kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/, /kin²⁴ kit̚²/, /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/, /kiɪŋ³³ kiak̚⁵/, /keŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚²/ Chinese transliterations: jīngjí [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ging¹ gik¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kîn-kit [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], keng-kek [Hokkien, POJ], keng-kiak [Hokkien, POJ], gêng¹ gêg⁴ [Peng'im, Teochew], jīngjí [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], jingjí [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], ching¹-chi² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], jīng-jí [Mandarin, Yale, standard], jingjyi [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цзинцзи [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], czinczi [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], gīng gīk [Cantonese, Yale], ging¹ gik⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ging¹ gig¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kîn-kit [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], gin^ˊ gid^ˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], gin¹ gid⁵ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], king-kik [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kengkeg [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], king-kiak [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kengkiag [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], keng kek [POJ, Teochew], kjaeng kik [Middle-Chinese], /*[k]reŋ krək/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*keŋ krɯɡ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 荆棘, 荆棘
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 荊棘
  1. (literally, botany) thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth Tags: literally Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-荊棘-zh-noun-OlBStzRn Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 17 37 37 6 3 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with redundant transliterations: 28 31 33 5 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 23 27 5 3 5 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 24 28 4 2 3 33 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (literary, figurative) difficult situation; dangerous circumstances Tags: figuratively, literary
    Sense id: en-荊棘-zh-noun-QfRw2D7p Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 17 37 37 6 3 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with redundant transliterations: 28 31 33 5 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 23 27 5 3 5 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 24 28 4 2 3 33
  3. (literary, figurative) scheming sycophant Tags: figuratively, literary Synonyms (scheming sycophant): 姦佞 (jiānnìng) [literary], 奸佞 (jiānnìng) [literary]
    Sense id: en-荊棘-zh-noun-VVWY1rWF Disambiguation of 'scheming sycophant': 1 1 97 1
  4. (literary, figurative) animosity; hostility; ill will; grudge Tags: figuratively, literary
    Sense id: en-荊棘-zh-noun-hRoXBBBy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 嫌隙 (xiánxì), 碴兒 (chár) [colloquial], 碴儿 (chár) [colloquial], 芥蒂 (jièdì) [figuratively, literary]
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      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīngjí"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ging¹ gik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kîn-kit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng-kek"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng-kiak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gêng¹ gêg⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīngjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jingjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ching¹-chi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīng-jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jingjyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзинцзи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czinczi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gīng gīk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ging¹ gik⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ging¹ gig¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kîn-kit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin^ˊ gid^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin¹ gid⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kin²⁴ kit̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "king-kik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kengkeg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "king-kiak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kengkiag"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ³³ kiak̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng kek"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kjaeng kik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]reŋ krək/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*keŋ krɯɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kin²⁴ kit̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ³³ kiak̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*keŋ krɯɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiánxì",
      "word": "嫌隙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chár",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "碴兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chár",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "碴儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jièdì",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "芥蒂"
    }
  ],
  "word": "荊棘"
}

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "荊棘"
          },
          "expansion": "荊棘",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "荊棘",
            "2": "けいきょく",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "荊棘(けいきょく) (keikyoku)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "荊棘",
            "2": "けいきょく",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "荊棘",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "荊棘",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "荊棘",
            "v": "荊棘",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (荊棘):\n* → Japanese: 荊棘(けいきょく) (keikyoku)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "けいきょく"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (荊棘):\n* → Japanese: 荊棘(けいきょく) (keikyoku)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (荊棘):\n* → Japanese: 荊棘(けいきょく) (keikyoku)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "荆棘",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "荆棘",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "荊棘",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 37 37 6 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 31 33 5 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "披荊棘"
        },
        {
          "word": "披荆棘"
        },
        {
          "word": "滿地荊棘"
        },
        {
          "word": "满地荆棘"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ránshāo de jīngjí",
          "word": "燃燒的荊棘"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ránshāo de jīngjí",
          "word": "燃烧的荆棘"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jǔdòngjīngjí",
          "word": "舉動荊棘"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jǔdòngjīngjí",
          "word": "举动荆棘"
        },
        {
          "word": "荊棘律"
        },
        {
          "word": "荆棘律"
        },
        {
          "word": "荊棘銅駝"
        },
        {
          "word": "荆棘铜驼"
        },
        {
          "word": "銅駝荊棘"
        },
        {
          "word": "铜驼荆棘"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chaotic; disorderly"
      ],
      "id": "en-荊棘-zh-adj-bAGUi4p9",
      "links": [
        [
          "chaotic",
          "chaotic"
        ],
        [
          "disorderly",
          "disorderly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, figurative) chaotic; disorderly"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "一塌糊塗"
        },
        {
          "word": "一塌糊涂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luàn",
          "word": "亂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luàn",
          "word": "乱"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luànqībāzāo",
          "word": "亂七八糟"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luànqībāzāo",
          "word": "乱七八糟"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luànzá",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "亂雜"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luànzá",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "乱杂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "língluàn",
          "word": "凌亂"
        },
        {
          "english": "of sound",
          "roman": "cáoluàn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "嘈亂"
        },
        {
          "english": "of sound",
          "roman": "cáoluàn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "嘈乱"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "大鼎炒狗蟻"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "大鼎炒狗蚁"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "挐亂"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "挐乱"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rǎorǎo",
          "word": "擾擾"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rǎorǎo",
          "word": "扰扰"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sǎnluàn",
          "word": "散亂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sǎnluàn",
          "word": "散乱"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "有七無八"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "有七无八"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiáoluàn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "殽亂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiáoluàn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "淆乱"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hùnluàn",
          "word": "混亂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hùnluàn",
          "word": "混乱"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wūqībāzāo",
          "word": "烏七八糟"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wūqībāzāo",
          "word": "乌七八糟"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "烏哩單刀"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "乌哩单刀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wúxù",
          "word": "無序"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wúxù",
          "word": "无序"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "狼戾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "狼狼戾戾"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lángjí",
          "word": "狼藉"
        },
        {
          "english": "lap6 lap6-2 lyun6",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "立立亂"
        },
        {
          "english": "lap6 lap6-2 lyun6",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "立立乱"
        },
        {
          "word": "糊塗"
        },
        {
          "word": "糊涂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiūfēn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "糾紛"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiūfēn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "纠纷"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wěn",
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "紊"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fēnluàn",
          "word": "紛亂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fēnluàn",
          "word": "纷乱"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wěnluàn",
          "word": "紊亂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wěnluàn",
          "word": "紊乱"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fēnzá",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "紛雜"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fēnzá",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "纷杂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "liáoluàn",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "繚亂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "liáoluàn",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "缭乱"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sìluàn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "肆亂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sìluàn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "肆乱"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wúzá",
          "word": "蕪雜"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wúzá",
          "word": "芜杂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "záluàn",
          "word": "雜亂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "záluàn",
          "word": "杂乱"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Quanzhou",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "雜醪膏"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Quanzhou",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "杂醪膏"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "鬼打樣"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "鬼打样"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīngjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ging¹ gik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kîn-kit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng-kek"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng-kiak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gêng¹ gêg⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīngjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jingjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ching¹-chi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīng-jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jingjyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзинцзи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czinczi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gīng gīk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ging¹ gik⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ging¹ gig¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kîn-kit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin^ˊ gid^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin¹ gid⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kin²⁴ kit̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "king-kik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kengkeg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "king-kiak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kengkiag"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ³³ kiak̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng kek"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kjaeng kik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]reŋ krək/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*keŋ krɯɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kin²⁴ kit̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ³³ kiak̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*keŋ krɯɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "荊棘"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 棘",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 荊",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Middle Chinese adjectives",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Old Chinese adjectives",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "荆棘",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "荆棘",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "荊棘",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "zh:Botany"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Wherever a host is stationed, briars and thorns spring up.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Tao Te Ching, 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Shī zhī suǒ chǔ, jīngjí shēng yān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "師之所處,荊棘生焉。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Wherever a host is stationed, briars and thorns spring up.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Tao Te Ching, 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
          "roman": "Shī zhī suǒ chǔ, jīngjí shēng yān.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "师之所处,荆棘生焉。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "thistles",
          "thistles"
        ],
        [
          "thorns",
          "thorns"
        ],
        [
          "brambles",
          "brambles"
        ],
        [
          "thorny",
          "thorny"
        ],
        [
          "undergrowth",
          "undergrowth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally, botany) thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "difficult situation; dangerous circumstances"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "dangerous",
          "dangerous"
        ],
        [
          "circumstances",
          "circumstances"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, figurative) difficult situation; dangerous circumstances"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scheming sycophant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scheming",
          "scheming"
        ],
        [
          "sycophant",
          "sycophant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, figurative) scheming sycophant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "animosity; hostility; ill will; grudge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "animosity",
          "animosity"
        ],
        [
          "hostility",
          "hostility"
        ],
        [
          "ill will",
          "ill will"
        ],
        [
          "grudge",
          "grudge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, figurative) animosity; hostility; ill will; grudge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīngjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ging¹ gik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kîn-kit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng-kek"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng-kiak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gêng¹ gêg⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīngjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jingjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ching¹-chi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīng-jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jingjyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзинцзи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czinczi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gīng gīk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ging¹ gik⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ging¹ gig¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kîn-kit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin^ˊ gid^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin¹ gid⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kin²⁴ kit̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "king-kik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kengkeg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "king-kiak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kengkiag"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ³³ kiak̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng kek"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kjaeng kik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]reŋ krək/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*keŋ krɯɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kin²⁴ kit̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ³³ kiak̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*keŋ krɯɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jiānnìng",
      "sense": "scheming sycophant",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "姦佞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānnìng",
      "sense": "scheming sycophant",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "奸佞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiánxì",
      "word": "嫌隙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chár",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "碴兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chár",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "碴儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jièdì",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "芥蒂"
    }
  ],
  "word": "荊棘"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 棘",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 荊",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Middle Chinese adjectives",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Old Chinese adjectives",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "披荊棘"
    },
    {
      "word": "披荆棘"
    },
    {
      "word": "滿地荊棘"
    },
    {
      "word": "满地荆棘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ránshāo de jīngjí",
      "word": "燃燒的荊棘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ránshāo de jīngjí",
      "word": "燃烧的荆棘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jǔdòngjīngjí",
      "word": "舉動荊棘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jǔdòngjīngjí",
      "word": "举动荆棘"
    },
    {
      "word": "荊棘律"
    },
    {
      "word": "荆棘律"
    },
    {
      "word": "荊棘銅駝"
    },
    {
      "word": "荆棘铜驼"
    },
    {
      "word": "銅駝荊棘"
    },
    {
      "word": "铜驼荆棘"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "荊棘"
          },
          "expansion": "荊棘",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "荊棘",
            "2": "けいきょく",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "荊棘(けいきょく) (keikyoku)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "荊棘",
            "2": "けいきょく",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "荊棘",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "荊棘",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "荊棘",
            "v": "荊棘",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (荊棘):\n* → Japanese: 荊棘(けいきょく) (keikyoku)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "けいきょく"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (荊棘):\n* → Japanese: 荊棘(けいきょく) (keikyoku)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (荊棘):\n* → Japanese: 荊棘(けいきょく) (keikyoku)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "荆棘",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "荆棘",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "荊棘",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chaotic; disorderly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chaotic",
          "chaotic"
        ],
        [
          "disorderly",
          "disorderly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, figurative) chaotic; disorderly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīngjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ging¹ gik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kîn-kit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng-kek"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng-kiak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gêng¹ gêg⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīngjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jingjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ching¹-chi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jīng-jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jingjyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзинцзи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czinczi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gīng gīk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ging¹ gik⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ging¹ gig¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kîn-kit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin^ˊ gid^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin¹ gid⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kin²⁴ kit̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "king-kik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kengkeg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "king-kiak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kengkiag"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ³³ kiak̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keng kek"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kjaeng kik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]reŋ krək/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*keŋ krɯɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kin²⁴ kit̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ³³ kiak̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*keŋ krɯɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "一塌糊塗"
    },
    {
      "word": "一塌糊涂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luàn",
      "word": "亂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luàn",
      "word": "乱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luànqībāzāo",
      "word": "亂七八糟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luànqībāzāo",
      "word": "乱七八糟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luànzá",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "亂雜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luànzá",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "乱杂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "língluàn",
      "word": "凌亂"
    },
    {
      "english": "of sound",
      "roman": "cáoluàn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "嘈亂"
    },
    {
      "english": "of sound",
      "roman": "cáoluàn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "嘈乱"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "大鼎炒狗蟻"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "大鼎炒狗蚁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "挐亂"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "挐乱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rǎorǎo",
      "word": "擾擾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rǎorǎo",
      "word": "扰扰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǎnluàn",
      "word": "散亂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǎnluàn",
      "word": "散乱"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "有七無八"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "有七无八"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiáoluàn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "殽亂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiáoluàn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "淆乱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hùnluàn",
      "word": "混亂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hùnluàn",
      "word": "混乱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wūqībāzāo",
      "word": "烏七八糟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wūqībāzāo",
      "word": "乌七八糟"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "烏哩單刀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "乌哩单刀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúxù",
      "word": "無序"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúxù",
      "word": "无序"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "狼戾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "狼狼戾戾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lángjí",
      "word": "狼藉"
    },
    {
      "english": "lap6 lap6-2 lyun6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "立立亂"
    },
    {
      "english": "lap6 lap6-2 lyun6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "立立乱"
    },
    {
      "word": "糊塗"
    },
    {
      "word": "糊涂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiūfēn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "糾紛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiūfēn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "纠纷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěn",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "紊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fēnluàn",
      "word": "紛亂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fēnluàn",
      "word": "纷乱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěnluàn",
      "word": "紊亂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěnluàn",
      "word": "紊乱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fēnzá",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "紛雜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fēnzá",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "纷杂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liáoluàn",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "繚亂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liáoluàn",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "缭乱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sìluàn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "肆亂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sìluàn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "肆乱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúzá",
      "word": "蕪雜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúzá",
      "word": "芜杂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "záluàn",
      "word": "雜亂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "záluàn",
      "word": "杂乱"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "雜醪膏"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "杂醪膏"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "鬼打樣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "鬼打样"
    }
  ],
  "word": "荊棘"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 荊棘 meaning in Chinese (14.3kB)

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