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作美

作美

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	beautiful; beauty; America
simp. and trad. (作美)		作	美

Verb

作美

to cooperate; to make things easy, to be favourable
天公不作美 ― tiāngōng bù zuòměi ― the heaven is not cooperative (said when the weather is bad)

Derived terms

不作美
天公不作美

天公作美

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zuòměi

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ mei⁵
Min Nan (POJ): chok-bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòměi
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohmeei
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zok³ mei⁵
  - Yale: jok méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ mei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ mei̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-bí
  - Tâi-lô: tsok-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zokbie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/