"著手" meaning in Chinese

See 著手 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sœːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /tiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /t͡ɕiak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /t͡sœːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵/, /tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/, /tiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/, /tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /t͡ɕiak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /t͡saʔ³³ sɤ⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: zhuóshǒu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zoek⁶ sau² [Cantonese, Jyutping], tio̍k-chhiú, chia̍k-chhiú, ⁷tsaq-seu, zhuóshǒu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jhuóshǒu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], cho²-shou³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jwó-shǒu [Mandarin, Yale], jwoshoou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чжошоу [Mandarin, Palladius], čžošou [Mandarin, Palladius], jeuhk sáu [Cantonese, Yale], dzoek⁹ sau² [Cantonese, Pinyin], zêg⁶ seo² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tio̍k-chhiú [Hokkien, POJ], tio̍k-tshiú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], diogchiuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], chia̍k-chhiú [Hokkien, POJ], tsia̍k-tshiú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ciagchiuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁷tsaq-seu [Wu], tsah^入 seu [Wu], ⁴tsaq-seu [Wu], /t͡saʔ³³ sɤ⁴⁴/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 著手
  1. to set about (doing something); to start (a task) Synonyms: 下手 (xiàshǒu), 上手 (shàngshǒu), 入手 (rùshǒu), 動手 (dòngshǒu), 动手 (dòngshǒu), 喐手, 著手 (zhuóshǒu), 着手 (zhuóshǒu), 落手 (lok6 sau2) [Cantonese, Hokkien], 起手 (qǐshǒu) Derived forms: 著手成春, 着手成春
    Sense id: en-著手-zh-verb-2IU5k4wB Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin

Download JSON data for 著手 meaning in Chinese (3.7kB)

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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "著手",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "著手成春"
        },
        {
          "word": "着手成春"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Where to start is indeed a problem.",
          "ref": "從哪兒著手卻是一個問題。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "从哪儿着手却是一个问题。 [MSC, simp.]\nCóng nǎr zhuóshǒu quèshì yīge wèntí. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to set about (doing something); to start (a task)"
      ],
      "id": "en-著手-zh-verb-2IU5k4wB",
      "links": [
        [
          "set about",
          "set about"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "xiàshǒu",
          "word": "下手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shàngshǒu",
          "word": "上手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rùshǒu",
          "word": "入手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dòngshǒu",
          "word": "動手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dòngshǒu",
          "word": "动手"
        },
        {
          "word": "喐手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhuóshǒu",
          "word": "著手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhuóshǒu",
          "word": "着手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lok6 sau2",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "落手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐshǒu",
          "word": "起手"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhuóshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zoek⁶ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "tio̍k-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "chia̍k-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "⁷tsaq-seu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhuóshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhuóshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cho²-shou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jwó-shǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jwoshoou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжошоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžošou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jeuhk sáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzoek⁹ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zêg⁶ seo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sœːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tio̍k-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tio̍k-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diogchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chia̍k-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsia̍k-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ciagchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁷tsaq-seu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsah^入 seu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁴tsaq-seu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡saʔ³³ sɤ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sœːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡saʔ³³ sɤ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "著手"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "著手成春"
    },
    {
      "word": "着手成春"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "著手",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Intermediate Mandarin",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with audio links",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Wu verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Where to start is indeed a problem.",
          "ref": "從哪兒著手卻是一個問題。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "从哪儿着手却是一个问题。 [MSC, simp.]\nCóng nǎr zhuóshǒu quèshì yīge wèntí. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to set about (doing something); to start (a task)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "set about",
          "set about"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhuóshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zoek⁶ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "tio̍k-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "chia̍k-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "⁷tsaq-seu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhuóshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhuóshǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cho²-shou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jwó-shǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jwoshoou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжошоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžošou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jeuhk sáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzoek⁹ sau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zêg⁶ seo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sœːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tio̍k-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tio̍k-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "diogchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chia̍k-chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsia̍k-tshiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ciagchiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁷tsaq-seu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsah^入 seu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁴tsaq-seu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡saʔ³³ sɤ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sœːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡saʔ³³ sɤ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xiàshǒu",
      "word": "下手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàngshǒu",
      "word": "上手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rùshǒu",
      "word": "入手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dòngshǒu",
      "word": "動手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dòngshǒu",
      "word": "动手"
    },
    {
      "word": "喐手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuóshǒu",
      "word": "著手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuóshǒu",
      "word": "着手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lok6 sau2",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "落手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐshǒu",
      "word": "起手"
    }
  ],
  "word": "著手"
}

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