做學問

See also: 做学问

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	branch of knowledge; learning; knowledge branch of knowledge; learning; knowledge; wisdom; erudition; scholarship
trad. (做學問)		做	學問
simp. (做学问)		做	学问
alternative forms		作學問／作学问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuò xuéwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ hok⁶ man⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuò xuéwèn → zuò xuéwen (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄣˋ → ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ˙ㄨㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuò syuéwůn
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴ hsüeh²-wên⁵
    • Yale: dzwò sywé-wen
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh shyue.wenn
    • Palladius: цзо сюэвэнь (czo sjuevɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ wən⁵¹/ → /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ wən³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ hok⁶ man⁶
    • Yale: jouh hohk mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ hok⁹ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ hog⁶ men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² hɔːk̚² mɐn²²/

Verb

做⫽學問 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to do scholarly research; to pursue scholarship; to study; to research

Synonyms

• 搞學術／搞学术 (gǎo xuéshù)
• 求學問／求学问 (qiú xuéwèn)
• 治學／治学 (zhìxué)
• 為學／为学 (wéixué)