仵作

Chinese

		opponent	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make
simp. and trad. (仵作)		仵	作
alternative forms		伍作

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ zok^3-2 / ng⁵ zok³
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'u³ zoh⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gō͘-choh / ngó͘-chok / ngó͘-choh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngou⁶ zoh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔzuò
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-tso⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuutzuoh
    • Palladius: уцзо (uczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ zok^3-2 / ng⁵ zok³
    • Yale: ńgh jók / ńgh jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ dzok^8-2 / ng⁵ dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ zog^3-2 / ng⁵ zog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ t͡sɔːk̚³⁻³⁵/, /ŋ̍¹³ t͡sɔːk̚³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'u³ zoh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈu²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sɔʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘-choh
    • Tâi-lô: gōo-tsoh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goxzoiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡soʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡soʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɤʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-chok
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofzog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-choh
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-tsoh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofzoiq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɤʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡soʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngou⁶ zoh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngŏu tsoh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡soʔ²/

Noun

仵作

1. (historical) coroner

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 仵作 (“coroner”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		仵作
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	仵作
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	仵作
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	仵作子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	仵作, 仵作佬
	Hong Kong	仵作
Gan	Nanchang	仵作
	Lichuan	仵作
	Pingxiang	仵作
Huizhou	Jixi	仵作
Wu	Shanghai	仵作, 土作
	Suzhou	仵作
	Jinhua	仵作
Xiang	Loudi	仵作

Derived terms

• 仵作佬
• 仵作學士／仵作学士
• 仵作行人

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仵作):

• → Korean: 오작(仵作) (ojak)
• → Vietnamese: ngỗ tác (仵作)

See also

• 仵工 (wǔgōng)