"帚" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡saːu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɐu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ɬiu⁴⁵³/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /ɬiu³³²/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siu⁴⁵³/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siu³³²/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰiu⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung, Philippines, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰiu⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung, Philippines, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung, Philippines, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siu⁵⁵⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kinmen, Taipei, Lukang, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siu⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kinmen, Taipei, Lukang, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siu⁵⁵/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kinmen, Taipei, Lukang, Sinological-IPA], /siu⁵⁵/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Lukang, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɤ³⁴/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA] Forms: [alternative, Traditional-Chinese], [alternative], 𦲅 [alternative]
Etymology: Pictogram (象形) – a broom with bristles on top and tied handle on the bottom. In modern form, top now resembles 聿 (“hand”), 肀 (“brush”), 彐, and overall graphically decomposes roughly as 肀 + 冖 + 巾. Etymology templates: {{yesno||p|P}} P, {{categorize|zh|Han pictograms}}, {{liushu|p}} Pictogram (象形), {{zh-l|*聿|hand}} 聿 (“hand”), {{zh-l|*肀|brush}} 肀 (“brush”), {{zh-l|*彐}} 彐, {{Han compound|肀|冖|巾}} 肀 + 冖 + 巾 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 帚
  1. broom; broomstick
    Sense id: en-帚-zh-character-Kt4XQ-Bt Categories (other): Cantonese hanzi, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Han pictograms, Hokkien hanzi, Mandarin hanzi, Mandarin links with redundant target parameters, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Puxian Min hanzi, Wu hanzi, Cleaning, Tools Derived forms: 剔帚, 千金敝帚, 堊帚, 垩帚, 執箕帚, 执箕帚, 奉箕帚, 帚星 (zhǒuxīng), 弊帚千金, 弊帚自珍, 掃帚, 扫帚, 掃帚星, 扫帚星, 掃愁帚, 扫愁帚, 敝帚千金 (bìzhǒuqiānjīn), 敝帚自珍 (bìzhǒuzìzhēn), 炊帚 (chuīzhou), 笤帚 (tiáozhou), 筅帚 (xiǎnzhǒu), 箕帚 (jīzhǒu), 箕帚之使, 苕帚 (tiáozhou), 草帚兒, 草帚儿, 蠅帚子, 蝇帚子, 鐵掃帚, 铁扫帚, 雞毛帚 (jīmáozhǒu), 鸡毛帚 (jīmáozhǒu), 雞毛打帚, 鸡毛打帚, 雲帚, 云帚, 電帚, 电帚
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        "2": "p",
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      },
      "expansion": "P",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han pictograms"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "Pictogram (象形)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*聿",
        "2": "hand"
      },
      "expansion": "聿 (“hand”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*肀",
        "2": "brush"
      },
      "expansion": "肀 (“brush”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*彐"
      },
      "expansion": "彐",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "肀",
        "2": "冖",
        "3": "巾"
      },
      "expansion": "肀 + 冖 + 巾",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Pictogram (象形) – a broom with bristles on top and tied handle on the bottom.\nIn modern form, top now resembles 聿 (“hand”), 肀 (“brush”), 彐, and overall graphically decomposes roughly as 肀 + 冖 + 巾.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "箒",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "菷",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𦲅",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "帚",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Puxian Min hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Wu hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Cleaning",
          "orig": "zh:Cleaning",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "zh:Tools",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "剔帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "千金敝帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "堊帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "垩帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "執箕帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "执箕帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "奉箕帚"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhǒuxīng",
          "word": "帚星"
        },
        {
          "word": "弊帚千金"
        },
        {
          "word": "弊帚自珍"
        },
        {
          "word": "掃帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "扫帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "掃帚星"
        },
        {
          "word": "扫帚星"
        },
        {
          "word": "掃愁帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "扫愁帚"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bìzhǒuqiānjīn",
          "word": "敝帚千金"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bìzhǒuzìzhēn",
          "word": "敝帚自珍"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chuīzhou",
          "word": "炊帚"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tiáozhou",
          "word": "笤帚"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiǎnzhǒu",
          "word": "筅帚"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīzhǒu",
          "word": "箕帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "箕帚之使"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tiáozhou",
          "word": "苕帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "草帚兒"
        },
        {
          "word": "草帚儿"
        },
        {
          "word": "蠅帚子"
        },
        {
          "word": "蝇帚子"
        },
        {
          "word": "鐵掃帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "铁扫帚"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīmáozhǒu",
          "word": "雞毛帚"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīmáozhǒu",
          "word": "鸡毛帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "雞毛打帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "鸡毛打帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "雲帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "云帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "電帚"
        },
        {
          "word": "电帚"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "broom; broomstick"
      ],
      "id": "en-帚-zh-character-Kt4XQ-Bt",
      "links": [
        [
          "broom",
          "broom"
        ],
        [
          "broomstick",
          "broomstick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhǒu (zhou³)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ziu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵tseu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "joou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zaau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jáau"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jáu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzaau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zao²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡saːu̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬiu⁴⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬiu³³²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ziu³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siu⁴⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ziu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siu³³²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sanxia",
        "Hsinchu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tainan",
        "Yilan",
        "Taichung",
        "Philippines",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhiú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sanxia",
        "Hsinchu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tainan",
        "Yilan",
        "Taichung",
        "Philippines",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshiú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sanxia",
        "Hsinchu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tainan",
        "Yilan",
        "Taichung",
        "Philippines",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiu⁴¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sanxia",
        "Hsinchu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tainan",
        "Yilan",
        "Taichung",
        "Philippines",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sanxia",
        "Hsinchu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tainan",
        "Yilan",
        "Taichung",
        "Philippines",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sanxia",
        "Hsinchu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tainan",
        "Yilan",
        "Taichung",
        "Philippines",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Magong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kinmen",
        "Taipei",
        "Lukang",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Magong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kinmen",
        "Taipei",
        "Lukang",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsiú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Magong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kinmen",
        "Taipei",
        "Lukang",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Magong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kinmen",
        "Taipei",
        "Lukang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siu⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Magong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kinmen",
        "Taipei",
        "Lukang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siu⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Magong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kinmen",
        "Taipei",
        "Lukang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Lukang",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Lukang",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Lukang",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Lukang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵tseu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tseu^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²tseu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɤ³⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsyuwX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*[t.p]əʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*pjuʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "帚"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "剔帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "千金敝帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "堊帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "垩帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "執箕帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "执箕帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "奉箕帚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǒuxīng",
      "word": "帚星"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊帚千金"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊帚自珍"
    },
    {
      "word": "掃帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "扫帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "掃帚星"
    },
    {
      "word": "扫帚星"
    },
    {
      "word": "掃愁帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "扫愁帚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìzhǒuqiānjīn",
      "word": "敝帚千金"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìzhǒuzìzhēn",
      "word": "敝帚自珍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chuīzhou",
      "word": "炊帚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiáozhou",
      "word": "笤帚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎnzhǒu",
      "word": "筅帚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīzhǒu",
      "word": "箕帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "箕帚之使"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiáozhou",
      "word": "苕帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "草帚兒"
    },
    {
      "word": "草帚儿"
    },
    {
      "word": "蠅帚子"
    },
    {
      "word": "蝇帚子"
    },
    {
      "word": "鐵掃帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "铁扫帚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīmáozhǒu",
      "word": "雞毛帚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīmáozhǒu",
      "word": "鸡毛帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "雞毛打帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "鸡毛打帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "雲帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "云帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "電帚"
    },
    {
      "word": "电帚"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "p",
        "3": "P"
      },
      "expansion": "P",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han pictograms"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "Pictogram (象形)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*聿",
        "2": "hand"
      },
      "expansion": "聿 (“hand”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*肀",
        "2": "brush"
      },
      "expansion": "肀 (“brush”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*彐"
      },
      "expansion": "彐",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "肀",
        "2": "冖",
        "3": "巾"
      },
      "expansion": "肀 + 冖 + 巾",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Pictogram (象形) – a broom with bristles on top and tied handle on the bottom.\nIn modern form, top now resembles 聿 (“hand”), 肀 (“brush”), 彐, and overall graphically decomposes roughly as 肀 + 冖 + 巾.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "箒",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "菷",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𦲅",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "帚",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese hanzi",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese hanzi",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 帚",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Han pictograms",
        "Hokkien hanzi",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin hanzi",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin links with redundant target parameters",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Middle Chinese hanzi",
        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
        "Middle Chinese nouns",
        "Old Chinese hanzi",
        "Old Chinese lemmas",
        "Old Chinese nouns",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Puxian Min hanzi",
        "Puxian Min lemmas",
        "Puxian Min nouns",
        "Wu hanzi",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Wu nouns",
        "zh:Cleaning",
        "zh:Tools"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "broom; broomstick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "broom",
          "broom"
        ],
        [
          "broomstick",
          "broomstick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhǒu (zhou³)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ziu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵tseu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "joou"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zaau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jáau"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jáu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzaau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzau²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zao²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡saːu̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬiu⁴⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬiu³³²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ziu³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siu⁴⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ziu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siu³³²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sanxia",
        "Hsinchu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tainan",
        "Yilan",
        "Taichung",
        "Philippines",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhiú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sanxia",
        "Hsinchu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tainan",
        "Yilan",
        "Taichung",
        "Philippines",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshiú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sanxia",
        "Hsinchu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tainan",
        "Yilan",
        "Taichung",
        "Philippines",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiu⁴¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sanxia",
        "Hsinchu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tainan",
        "Yilan",
        "Taichung",
        "Philippines",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiu⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sanxia",
        "Hsinchu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tainan",
        "Yilan",
        "Taichung",
        "Philippines",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sanxia",
        "Hsinchu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tainan",
        "Yilan",
        "Taichung",
        "Philippines",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Magong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kinmen",
        "Taipei",
        "Lukang",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Magong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kinmen",
        "Taipei",
        "Lukang",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsiú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Magong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kinmen",
        "Taipei",
        "Lukang",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Magong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kinmen",
        "Taipei",
        "Lukang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siu⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Magong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kinmen",
        "Taipei",
        "Lukang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siu⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Magong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Kinmen",
        "Taipei",
        "Lukang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Lukang",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Lukang",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Lukang",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Lukang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵tseu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tseu^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²tseu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɤ³⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsyuwX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*[t.p]əʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*pjuʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "帚"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 帚 meaning in Chinese (9.5kB)

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  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <ul> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "帚"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "帚",
  "trace": "started on line 65, detected on line 71"
}

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