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作勢

作勢

See also: 作势

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	conditions; influence; tendency
trad. (作勢)		作	勢
simp. (作势)		作	势

Verb

作勢

to assume a posture; to attitudinize

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zuòshì

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ sai³
Min Nan (POJ): chok-sè / chok-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zuòshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    作事
    作勢／作势
    做事
    坐視／坐视
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zok³ sai³
  - Yale: jok sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ sai³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ sɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-sè
  - Tâi-lô: tsok-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoksex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-sì
  - Tâi-lô: tsok-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoksix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɕi²¹/