作狀

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make	accusation; suit; state accusation; suit; state; condition; strong; great
trad. (作狀)		作	狀
simp. (作状)		作	状

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ zong⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok³ zong⁶
    • Yale: jok johng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ dzong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog³ zong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡sɔːŋ²²/

Verb

作狀

1. (Cantonese) to be pretentious; to be ostentatious
2. (Cantonese) to act unnaturally; to be affected; to overdo in one's performance

   呢套劇集嘅男主角啲戲唔係幾掂，我覺得佢太作狀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢套剧集嘅男主角啲戏唔系几掂，我觉得佢太作状。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ne¹ tou³ kek⁶ zaap⁶ ge³ naam⁴ zyu² gok³ di¹ hei³ m⁴ hai⁶ gei² dim⁶, ngo⁵ gok³ dak¹ keoi⁵ taai³ zok³ zong⁶. [Jyutping]

   The performance of this drama's male lead isn't that great. I think he acts too unnaturally.