See 作美 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"anagrams": [
{
"word": "美作"
}
],
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"expansion": "作美",
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}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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},
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"derived": [
{
"word": "不作美"
},
{
"word": "天公不作美"
},
{
"roman": "tiāngōngzuòměi",
"word": "天公作美"
}
],
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[
12,
18
]
],
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[
3,
5
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
20,
31
]
],
"english": "the heavens are not cooperative (said when the weather is bad)",
"roman": "tiāngōng bù zuòměi",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "天公不作美",
"translation": "the heavens are not cooperative (said when the weather is bad)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to cooperate; to make things easy; to be favourable"
],
"id": "en-作美-zh-verb-JZnYQvq3",
"links": [
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"cooperate",
"cooperate"
],
[
"easy",
"easy"
],
[
"favourable",
"favourable"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zuòměi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zok³ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chok-bí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zuòměi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zuòměi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tso⁴-mei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dzwò-měi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "tzuohmeei"
},
{
"roman": "czomɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзомэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zok³ mei⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jok méih"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dzok⁸ mei⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "zog³ méi⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ mei̯¹³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chok-bí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tsok-bí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "zokbie"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "作美"
}
{
"anagrams": [
{
"word": "美作"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "不作美"
},
{
"word": "天公不作美"
},
{
"roman": "tiāngōngzuòměi",
"word": "天公作美"
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "作美",
"name": "zh-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"Cantonese verbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 作",
"Chinese terms spelled with 美",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chinese verbs",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Hokkien verbs",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with usage examples",
"Mandarin verbs",
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12,
18
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],
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3,
5
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],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
20,
31
]
],
"english": "the heavens are not cooperative (said when the weather is bad)",
"roman": "tiāngōng bù zuòměi",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "天公不作美",
"translation": "the heavens are not cooperative (said when the weather is bad)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to cooperate; to make things easy; to be favourable"
],
"links": [
[
"cooperate",
"cooperate"
],
[
"easy",
"easy"
],
[
"favourable",
"favourable"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zuòměi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zok³ mei⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chok-bí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zuòměi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zuòměi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "tso⁴-mei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dzwò-měi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "tzuohmeei"
},
{
"roman": "czomɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзомэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zok³ mei⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jok méih"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dzok⁸ mei⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "zog³ méi⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ mei̯¹³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "chok-bí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tsok-bí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "zokbie"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "作美"
}
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