作摩

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	rub
trad. (作摩)		作	摩
simp. #(作摩)		作	摩

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 作摩 – see 琢磨 (“to carve and polish; to polish and refine a literary work; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 琢磨).

Etymology 2

See etymology section of 怎 (zěn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòmó

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòmó
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòmó
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-mo²
    • Yale: dzwò-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohmo
    • Palladius: цзомо (czomo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsak ma

Rime
Character	作	摩
Reading #	3/3	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	則落切	莫婆切
Baxter	tsak	ma
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑk̚/	/muɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑk̚/	/muɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑk̚/	/muɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sak̚/	/mwa/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑk̚/	/muɑ/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑk̚/	/muɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑk̚/	/muɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuo	mó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zok3	mo4

Adverb

作摩

1. (obsolete, early vernacular) how; why; roughly equivalent to 怎麼／怎么.
2. (obsolete, dialectal early vernacular) (sentence final, preceded by ～那) Used in explicitly rhetorical questions.

   • 進曰：「不從師覓，如何即得？」師曰：「何曾失卻那，作摩？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     进曰：「不从师觅，如何即得？」师曰：「何曾失却那，作摩？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 952 C.E., 《祖堂集·卷四·石頭》 (Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall, Chapter 4

     Jìn yuē: “Bù cóng shī mì, rúhé jí dé?” Shī yuē: “Hécéng shīquè nà, zuòmó?” [Pinyin]

     (A monk) proceeded to ask, "but if I don't seek it from you, how can I possibly attain it?"
     "What," said the master, "have you ever lost it?"