"討巧" meaning in Chinese

See 討巧 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰou̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰa⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /tʰou̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/, /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰa⁵⁵⁴/, /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: tǎoqiǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tou² haau² [Cantonese, Jyutping], thó-khá, tǎoqiǎo [Phonetic:táoqiǎo] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], tǎociǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tʻao³-chʻiao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tǎu-chyǎu [Mandarin, Yale], taocheau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], таоцяо [Mandarin, Palladius], taocjao [Mandarin, Palladius], tóu háau [Cantonese, Yale], tou² haau² [Cantonese, Pinyin], tou² hao² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], thó-khá [Hokkien, POJ], thó-khá [Hokkien, Tai-lo], toy'qar [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 討巧
  1. to act artfully to get what one wants; to get the best for oneself at the least expense; to choose the easy way out Synonyms: 取巧 (qǔqiǎo)
    Sense id: en-討巧-zh-verb-A5Mi8h28 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for 討巧 meaning in Chinese (2.4kB)

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      "glosses": [
        "to act artfully to get what one wants; to get the best for oneself at the least expense; to choose the easy way out"
      ],
      "id": "en-討巧-zh-verb-A5Mi8h28",
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "artful",
          "artful"
        ],
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ],
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ],
        [
          "least",
          "least"
        ],
        [
          "expense",
          "expense"
        ],
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "easy",
          "easy"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "qǔqiǎo",
          "word": "取巧"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǎoqiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou² haau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "thó-khá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǎoqiǎo [Phonetic:táoqiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǎociǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻao³-chʻiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǎu-chyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "taocheau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "таоцяо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "taocjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tóu háau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou² haau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou² hao²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰou̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thó-khá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thó-khá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "toy'qar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰa⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: táoqiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰou̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰa⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "討巧"
}
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to act artfully to get what one wants; to get the best for oneself at the least expense; to choose the easy way out"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "artful",
          "artful"
        ],
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ],
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ],
        [
          "least",
          "least"
        ],
        [
          "expense",
          "expense"
        ],
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "easy",
          "easy"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǎoqiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou² haau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [],
      "zh-pron": "thó-khá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǎoqiǎo [Phonetic:táoqiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǎociǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻao³-chʻiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tǎu-chyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "taocheau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "таоцяо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "taocjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tóu háau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou² haau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou² hao²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰou̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thó-khá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thó-khá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "toy'qar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰa⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: táoqiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰou̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰa⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "qǔqiǎo",
      "word": "取巧"
    }
  ],
  "word": "討巧"
}

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