作置

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzok3 zi3

Meanings

  1. scheming to seize something
  2. somebody; to deal with; to handle [colloquial]
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Same syllable, six tones

zokzok1—zok2—作zok3to dozok4—zok5—昨zok6yesterday

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: zuo4 zhi4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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zok3 zi3

Cantonese word readings for 作置. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity作置 作置 [zuo4 zhi4] {zok3 zi3} /scheming to seize something / somebody; to deal with; to handle [colloquial]/

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