作法

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (作法)		作	法

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòfǎ → zuòfa (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄚˇ → ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄈㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòfå
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-fa⁵
    • Yale: dzwò-fa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh.faa
    • Palladius: цзофа (czofa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ fä¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ faat³
    • Yale: jok faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ faːt̚³/

Noun

作法

1. method; way of doing things
2. technique of writing

Synonyms

• (method):

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• 主意
• 做法 (zuòfǎ)
• 卯竅／卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
• 對策／对策 (duìcè)
• 工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 措施 (cuòshī)
• 方式 (fāngshì)
• 方法 (fāngfǎ)
• 法子 (colloquial)
• 法度 (Hokkien)
• 渠道 (qúdào)
• 竅門／窍门 (qiàomén)
• 竅門兒／窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
• 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
• 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
• 訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào)
• 訣要／诀要 (juéyào)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路徑／路径 (lùjìng)
• 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
• 辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
• 途徑／途径 (tújìng)
• 進路／进路 (jìnlù)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 道術／道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
• 道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
• 門徑／门径 (ménjìng)
• 門路／门路 (ménlù)
• 門道／门道 (méndao)
• 門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ faat³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chok-fap
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chok-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-fa³
    • Yale: dzwò-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohfaa
    • Palladius: цзофа (czofa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ faat³
    • Yale: jok faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ faːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok-fap
    • Hakka Romanization System: zog^ˋ fab^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zog⁵ fab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sok̚² fap̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: tsok-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zokhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/

Verb

作法

1. to perform sorcery; to perform magic
2. (literary) to make laws; to legislate

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
作	法
さ Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さほー [sáꜜhòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ho̞ː]

Noun

作(さ)法(ほう) • (sahō) 

1. manner, etiquette, propriety

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
作	法
さく Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さくほー [sàkúhóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ho̞ː]

Noun

作(さく)法(ほう) • (sakuhō) 

1. way of making things (especially of poetry, prose, etc.)