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做學問

做學問

See also: 做学问

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	scholarship; learning
trad. (做學問)		做	學問
simp. (做学问)		做	学问

Alternative forms

作學問／作学问

Verb

做學問

to do scholarly research; to pursue scholarship; to study; to research

Synonyms

為學／为学 (wéixué)
研究 (yánjiū)
治學／治学 (zhìxué)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zuòxuéwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ hok⁶ man⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòxuéwèn → zuòxuéwen (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄣˋ → ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄣ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshyue.wenn
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕɥ̯œ³⁵ u̯ən⁵¹/ → /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕɥ̯œ³⁵ u̯ən³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ hok⁶ man⁶
  - Yale: jouh hohk mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ hok⁹ man⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² hɔːk̚² mɐn²²/