作弄

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley
simp. and trad. (作弄)		作	弄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuònòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ lung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chok-lōng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷tsoq-lon; ⁷tsoq-non

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuònòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuònòng
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-nung⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-nùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohnonq
    • Palladius: цзонун (czonun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ lung⁶
    • Yale: jok luhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ lung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ lung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ lʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-lōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsok-lōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoklong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ lɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lɔŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tsoq-lon; ⁷tsoq-non
    • MiniDict: tsoh^入 lon; tsoh^入 non
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tsoq-lon; ⁴tsoq-non
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soʔ³³ loŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡soʔ³³ noŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

作弄

1. to tease; to make a fool of; to play a trick on; to poke fun at

Synonyms

• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺溪 (chié-*kă̤) (Eastern Min)
• 創弄／创弄 (Hokkien)
• 創景／创景 (Hokkien)
• 創治／创治 (chhòng-tī) (Hokkien)
• 剾損／𠛅损 (Hokkien)
• 剾洗／𠛅洗 (Hokkien)
• 剾洗／𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Hokkien)
• 剾褻／𠛅亵 (Hokkien)
• 𠢕滾／𠢕滚 (Hokkien)
• 取樂／取乐 (qǔlè)
• 取笑 (qǔxiào)
• 呾笑話／呾笑话 (Teochew)
• 呾耍笑 (Teochew)
• 嗤笑 (chīxiào)
• 嘲弄 (cháonòng)
• 嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
• 嘲訕／嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
• 嘲諷／嘲讽 (cháofěng)
• 嘲謔／嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
• 奚落 (xīluò)
• 尋開心／寻开心 (⁶zhin-khe-shin) (Wu)
• 巴銳／巴锐 (Hokkien)
• 恥笑／耻笑 (chǐxiào)
• 戲弄／戏弄 (xìnòng)
• 戲謔／戏谑 (xìxuè)
• 挖苦 (wākǔ)
• 捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
• 撩 (Hakka)
• 撚化 (nan² faa³) (Cantonese)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 擺弄／摆弄
• 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
• 湊趣／凑趣 (còuqù)
• 𤊶人 (Hakka)
• 玩 (colloquial)
• 玩弄
• 笑 (xiào)
• 笑話／笑话 (xiàohuà)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 耍弄 (shuǎnòng)
• 耍忽 (sua² huah⁴) (Jin)
• 落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 見笑／见笑 (jiànxiào)
• 訕笑／讪笑 (shànxiào)
• 詼謔／诙谑 (huīxuè)
• 說風涼話／说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
• 調笑／调笑 (tiáoxiào)
• 諦／谛 (dai³) (Cantonese)
• 諷刺／讽刺 (fěngcì)
• 謔潲／谑潲 (Hokkien)
• 謔燒／谑烧 (Hokkien)
• 講笑／讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 講耍笑／讲耍笑 (Hokkien)
• 譏刺／讥刺 (jīcì)
• 譏嘲／讥嘲 (jīcháo)
• 譏笑／讥笑 (jīxiào)
• 譏誚／讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
• 譏諷／讥讽 (jīfěng)
• 變弄／变弄 (Hokkien)
• 𧮙 (Wu)
• 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 輕體／轻体 (Hokkien)
• 逗 (dòu)
• 逗弄
• 鄙笑 (Hokkien)
• 酸笑 (Hokkien)
• 鈍／钝 (Wu)
• 開心／开心 (kāixīn)
• 開涮／开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
• 開玩笑／开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
• 鬧玩笑／闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)