故作

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make
simp. and trad. (故作)		故	作

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ zok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùzuò
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: gù-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhtzuoh
    • Palladius: гуцзо (guczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ zok³
    • Yale: gu jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ zog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ t͡sɔːk̚³/

Verb

故作

1. to pretend to be (calm, knowledgeable, etc.); to deliberately be

Derived terms

• 明知山有虎，故作採樵人／明知山有虎，故作采樵人