"勞神" meaning in Chinese

See 勞神 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /lɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯²¹ sɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /lo²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Sinological-IPA, Xiamen], /lo²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Sinological-IPA, Quanzhou], /lo¹³⁻²² sin¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Sinological-IPA, Zhangzhou], /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Sinological-IPA, Taipei], /lɤ²³⁻³³ sin²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Sinological-IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 勞⫽神 [canonical], 劳神 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb|type=vo}} 勞⫽神 (verb-object), {{tlb|zh|intransitive}} (intransitive)
  1. to be taxing; to be a tax on one's mind Tags: intransitive, verb-object
    Sense id: en-勞神-zh-verb-jE~ZFUM2 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Emotions: 51 49
  2. (humble) to trouble (someone); to bother (when asking someone for a favour) Tags: humble, intransitive, verb-object
    Sense id: en-勞神-zh-verb-LGphOOJN Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Emotions: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 勞神費力 (láoshénfèilì), 劳神费力 (láoshénfèilì), 鞍馬勞神, 鞍马劳神 Related terms: 費神 (fèishén), 费神 (fèishén), 費心 (fèixīn), 费心 (fèixīn)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "láoshénfèilì",
      "word": "勞神費力"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "láoshénfèilì",
      "word": "劳神费力"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "鞍馬勞神"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "鞍马劳神"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "勞⫽神",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "劳神",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "type": "vo"
      },
      "expansion": "勞⫽神 (verb-object)",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "intransitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(intransitive)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fèishén",
      "word": "費神"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fèishén",
      "word": "费神"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fèixīn",
      "word": "費心"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fèixīn",
      "word": "费心"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "zh:Emotions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be taxing; to be a tax on one's mind"
      ],
      "id": "en-勞神-zh-verb-jE~ZFUM2",
      "links": [
        [
          "taxing",
          "taxing"
        ],
        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "verb-object"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "zh:Emotions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to trouble (someone); to bother (when asking someone for a favour)"
      ],
      "id": "en-勞神-zh-verb-LGphOOJN",
      "links": [
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ],
        [
          "bother",
          "bother"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humble) to trouble (someone); to bother (when asking someone for a favour)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humble",
        "intransitive",
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láoshén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄕㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ san⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lô-sîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láoshén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄕㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láoshén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao²-shên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láu-shén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laushern"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laošɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лаошэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ san⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lòuh sàhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ san⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ sen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯²¹ sɐn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lô-sîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lô-sîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loisiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo¹³⁻²² sin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ²³⁻³³ sin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "勞神"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese intransitive verbs",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese separable verbs",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 勞",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 神",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Emotions"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "láoshénfèilì",
      "word": "勞神費力"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láoshénfèilì",
      "word": "劳神费力"
    },
    {
      "word": "鞍馬勞神"
    },
    {
      "word": "鞍马劳神"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "勞⫽神",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "劳神",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "type": "vo"
      },
      "expansion": "勞⫽神 (verb-object)",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "intransitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(intransitive)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "fèishén",
      "word": "費神"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fèishén",
      "word": "费神"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fèixīn",
      "word": "費心"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fèixīn",
      "word": "费心"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be taxing; to be a tax on one's mind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "taxing",
          "taxing"
        ],
        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "verb-object"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese humble terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to trouble (someone); to bother (when asking someone for a favour)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ],
        [
          "bother",
          "bother"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humble) to trouble (someone); to bother (when asking someone for a favour)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humble",
        "intransitive",
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láoshén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄕㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ san⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lô-sîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láoshén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄕㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láoshén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao²-shên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láu-shén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laushern"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laošɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лаошэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ san⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lòuh sàhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ san⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ sen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯²¹ sɐn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lô-sîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lô-sîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loisiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo¹³⁻²² sin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ²³⁻³³ sin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "勞神"
}

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