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作息

作息

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	news; interest; breath news; interest; breath; rest
simp. and trad. (作息)		作	息

Verb

作息

to work and rest

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zuòxī, zuòxí

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ sik¹
Min Nan (POJ): chok-siak / chok-sek / chok-sit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: zuòxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshyi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
    ^edit
    ^edit
    作息
    坐席
    座席
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zok³ sik¹
  - Yale: jok sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ sik⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ sɪk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-siak
  - Tâi-lô: tsok-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoksiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-sek
  - Tâi-lô: tsok-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zokseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-sit
  - Tâi-lô: tsok-sit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoksid
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɕit̚³²/