作祟

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	evil spirit
trad. (作祟)		作	祟
simp. #(作祟)		作	祟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòsuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ seoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chok-sūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòsuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòsuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-sui⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohsuey
    • Palladius: цзосуй (czosuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ seoi⁶
    • Yale: jok seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ sɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-sūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsok-suī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoksui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ sui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sui³³/

Verb

作祟

1. (of a ghost or spirit) to haunt
2. (figurative) to cause trouble; to play tricks; to make mischief