作孽

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make	consequence of sin
trad. (作孽)		作	孽
simp. #(作孽)		作	孽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòniè

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ jit⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chok-gia̍t
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tsoq-gniq; ⁷tsoq ⁸gniq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòniè
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòniè
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-nieh⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-nyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohnieh
    • Palladius: цзоне (czone)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ jit⁶
    • Yale: jok yiht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ jit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ jiːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-gia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsok-gia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zokgiat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡiɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɡiɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɛt̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tsoq-gniq; ⁷tsoq ⁸gniq
    • MiniDict: tsoh^入 nyih; tsoh^入 nyih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tsoq-nyiq; ⁴tsoq ⁵nyiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soʔ³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ⁴⁴/, /t͡soʔ⁴⁴  n̠ʲiɪʔ¹²/

Verb

作孽

1. to do evil; to commit a sin
2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to make or cause trouble; to be mischievous

Synonyms

• (to do evil): 造孽 (zàoniè)
• (to be mischievous):

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• 亂它 / 乱它 (lonn⁵ do²) (Xiang)
• 亂彈琴 / 乱弹琴 (luàn tánqín) (figurative)
• 亂鬧 / 乱闹 (luànnào)
• 作怪 (zuòguài)
• 使壞 / 使坏 (shǐhuài)
• 倒蛋
• 做孽 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 做手腳 / 做手脚 (zuò shǒujiǎo)
• 卵彈琴 / 卵弹琴 (lonn³ dan² qin²) (Xiang)
• 惹事 (rěshì)
• 搗亂 / 捣乱 (dǎoluàn)
• 搞事 (gǎoshì)
• 搶事 / 抢事 (Hokkien)
• 搗蛋 / 捣蛋 (dǎodàn)
• 搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ)
• 搗鬼 / 捣鬼 (dǎoguǐ)
• 撩事 (liàu-dī) (Northern Min)
• 滋事 (zīshì)
• 滋擾 / 滋扰 (zīrǎo)
• 玩鬧 / 玩闹 (wánnào)
• 生事 (shēngshì)
• 生氣 / 生气 (siⁿ-khùi) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 生空 (Hokkien)
• 生空生榫 (Hokkien)
• 生空生縫 / 生空生缝 (Hokkien)
• 破壞 / 破坏 (pòhuài)
• 耍手腕 (shuǎ shǒuwàn)
• 胡來 / 胡来 (húlái)
• 胡攪 / 胡搅 (hújiǎo)
• 胡鬧 / 胡闹 (húnào)
• 舞射 (Hakka)
• 變精 / 变精 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
• 變鬼 / 变鬼 (Hokkien)
• 變魍 / 变魍 (Hokkien)
• 起事 (Hokkien)
• 起空 (Hokkien)
• 起鬨 / 起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 造反 (zàofǎn)
• 鬧事 / 闹事 (nàoshì)

 

Derived terms

• 自作孽，不可活 (zìzuòniè, bùkěhuó)