作美

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (作美)		作	美
simp. #(作美)		作	美
anagram		美作

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chok-bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòměi
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-mei³
    • Yale: dzwò-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohmeei
    • Palladius: цзомэй (czomɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ mei⁵
    • Yale: jok méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-bí
    • Tâi-lô: tsok-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zokbie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

作美

1. to cooperate; to make things easy; to be favourable

   天公不作美  ―  tiāngōng bù zuòměi  ―  the heavens are not cooperative (said when the weather is bad)

Derived terms

• 不作美
• 天公不作美
• 天公作美 (tiāngōngzuòměi)