做文章

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	essay; composition; article
simp. and trad. (做文章)		做	文章

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuò wénzhāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ man⁴ zoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuò wénzhāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuò wúnjhang
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴ wên²-chang¹
    • Yale: dzwò wén-jāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh wenjang
    • Palladius: цзо вэньчжан (czo vɛnʹčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ man⁴ zoeng¹
    • Yale: jouh màhn jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ man⁴ dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ men⁴ zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² mɐn²¹ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

做⫽文章 (verb-object)

1. to write an essay; to write a composition
2. to make a big thing out of a certain matter to achieve one's own goals

Derived terms

• 大做文章 (dàzuòwénzhāng)