See 蜻蜓點水 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From the observed behavior of dragonflies mating by the water.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "蜻蜓点水",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "蜻蜓點水",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "dragonflies dipping on water",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "zh",
"name": "Dragonflies and damselflies",
"orig": "zh:Dragonflies and damselflies",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to do something on a cursory level; to take a shallow dive"
],
"id": "en-蜻蜓點水-zh-phrase-R~8u5jvB",
"links": [
[
"cursory",
"cursory"
],
[
"level",
"level"
],
[
"shallow",
"shallow"
],
[
"dive",
"dive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) to do something on a cursory level; to take a shallow dive"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qīngtíngdiǎnshuǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "cing¹ ting⁴ dim² seoi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qīngtíngdiǎnshuǐ [Phonetic: qīngtíngdiánshuǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "cingtíngdiǎnshuěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻing¹-tʻing²-tien³-shui³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chīng-tíng-dyǎn-shwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chingtyngdeanshoei"
},
{
"roman": "cintindjanʹšuj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цинтиндяньшуй"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰiŋ³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "cing¹ ting⁴ dim² seoi²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chīng tìhng dím séui"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsing¹ ting⁴ dim² soey²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "qing¹ ting⁴ dim² sêu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹ tiːm³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "蜻蜓點水"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From the observed behavior of dragonflies mating by the water.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "蜻蜓点水",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "蜻蜓點水",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "dragonflies dipping on water",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 水",
"Chinese terms spelled with 蜓",
"Chinese terms spelled with 蜻",
"Chinese terms spelled with 點",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"zh:Dragonflies and damselflies"
],
"glosses": [
"to do something on a cursory level; to take a shallow dive"
],
"links": [
[
"cursory",
"cursory"
],
[
"level",
"level"
],
[
"shallow",
"shallow"
],
[
"dive",
"dive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) to do something on a cursory level; to take a shallow dive"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qīngtíngdiǎnshuǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "cing¹ ting⁴ dim² seoi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "qīngtíngdiǎnshuǐ [Phonetic: qīngtíngdiánshuǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "cingtíngdiǎnshuěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chʻing¹-tʻing²-tien³-shui³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chīng-tíng-dyǎn-shwěi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "chingtyngdeanshoei"
},
{
"roman": "cintindjanʹšuj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цинтиндяньшуй"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰiŋ³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "cing¹ ting⁴ dim² seoi²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chīng tìhng dím séui"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsing¹ ting⁴ dim² soey²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "qing¹ ting⁴ dim² sêu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹ tiːm³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "蜻蜓點水"
}
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