"作主" meaning in Chinese

See 作主 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡syː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡suəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ t͡su⁵³/ [Jin, Taiyuan, Sinological-IPA, dated] Audio: Zh-zuòzhǔ.oga [Mandarin, Bopomofo] Forms: 做主 [alternative]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 作主
  1. to take responsibility and make decisions Related terms: 負責 (fùzé), 负责 (fùzé), 決定 (juédìng), 决定 (juédìng)
    Sense id: en-作主-zh-verb-UV9~WHnm Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "做主",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "作主",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              8,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be in charge in one's own house",
          "roman": "dāngjiā zuòzhǔ",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "當家作主",
          "translation": "to be in charge in one's own house",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be in charge in one's own house",
          "roman": "dāngjiā zuòzhǔ",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "当家作主",
          "translation": "to be in charge in one's own house",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I am responsible for this.",
          "roman": "Zhè shì yóu wǒ zuòzhǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "這事由我作主。",
          "translation": "I am responsible for this.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I am responsible for this.",
          "roman": "Zhè shì yóu wǒ zuòzhǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "这事由我作主。",
          "translation": "I am responsible for this.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take responsibility and make decisions"
      ],
      "id": "en-作主-zh-verb-UV9~WHnm",
      "links": [
        [
          "take responsibility",
          "take responsibility"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "decision",
          "decision"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "fùzé",
          "word": "負責"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fùzé",
          "word": "负责"
        },
        {
          "roman": "juédìng",
          "word": "決定"
        },
        {
          "roman": "juédìng",
          "word": "决定"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-zuòzhǔ.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/Zh-zuòzhǔ.oga/Zh-zuòzhǔ.oga.mp3",
      "oga_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zh-zuòzhǔ.oga",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zok³ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zueh⁴ zu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòjhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tso⁴-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwò-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzuohjuu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czočžu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзочжу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "作主",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "做主",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zok³ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jok jyú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzok⁸ dzy²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zog³ ju²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡syː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zueh⁴ zu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡suəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "作主"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "做主",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "作主",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "fùzé",
      "word": "負責"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fùzé",
      "word": "负责"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juédìng",
      "word": "決定"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juédìng",
      "word": "决定"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Advanced Mandarin",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 主",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 作",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Jin lemmas",
        "Jin verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Mandarin terms with homophones",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              8,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be in charge in one's own house",
          "roman": "dāngjiā zuòzhǔ",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "當家作主",
          "translation": "to be in charge in one's own house",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be in charge in one's own house",
          "roman": "dāngjiā zuòzhǔ",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "当家作主",
          "translation": "to be in charge in one's own house",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I am responsible for this.",
          "roman": "Zhè shì yóu wǒ zuòzhǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "這事由我作主。",
          "translation": "I am responsible for this.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I am responsible for this.",
          "roman": "Zhè shì yóu wǒ zuòzhǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "这事由我作主。",
          "translation": "I am responsible for this.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take responsibility and make decisions"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take responsibility",
          "take responsibility"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "decision",
          "decision"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-zuòzhǔ.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/Zh-zuòzhǔ.oga/Zh-zuòzhǔ.oga.mp3",
      "oga_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zh-zuòzhǔ.oga",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zok³ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zueh⁴ zu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuòjhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tso⁴-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwò-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzuohjuu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czočžu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзочжу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "作主",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "做主",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zok³ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jok jyú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzok⁸ dzy²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zog³ ju²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡syː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zueh⁴ zu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡suəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "作主"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 作主 meaning in Chinese (4.4kB)

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