作揖

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make	greet (by raising the joined hands)
trad. (作揖)		作	揖
simp. #(作揖)		作	揖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòyī, zuōyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧ, ㄗㄨㄛ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ jap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòyi
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-i¹
    • Yale: dzwò-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohi
    • Palladius: цзои (czoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common Mainland variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuōyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuoyi
    • Wade–Giles: tso¹-i¹
    • Yale: dzwō-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoi
    • Palladius: цзои (czoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ jap¹
    • Yale: jok yāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ jap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ yeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ jɐp̚⁵/

Verb

作揖

1. to bow (slightly) with the hands folded in front

Synonyms

• (Pingxiang) 打拱手
• (Yudu) 打拱施禮／打拱施礼

Descendants

• → Indonesian: soja