振作

Chinese

		rouse	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make
trad. (振作)		振	作
simp. #(振作)		振	作

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhènzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ zok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chín-chok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhènzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhènzuò
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: jèn-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenntzuoh
    • Palladius: чжэньцзо (čžɛnʹczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan³ zok³
    • Yale: jan jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ zog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ t͡sɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín-chok
    • Tâi-lô: tsín-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cynzog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔk̚³²/

Adjective

振作

1. in a good mood; excited

Synonyms

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• 抖擻 / 抖擞 (dǒusǒu) (literary)
• 振奮 / 振奋 (zhènfèn)
• 沖沖 / 冲冲 (chōngchōng)
• 興沖沖 / 兴冲冲 (xìngchōngchōng)

 

Antonyms

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• 不振 (bùzhèn)

 

Verb

振作

1. to cheer up; to excite
2. to rouse oneself; to exert oneself

Synonyms

• (to cheer up): 抖擻／抖擞 (dǒusǒu), 煥發／焕发 (huànfā), 奮起／奋起 (fènqǐ), 提起 (tíqǐ), 振奮／振奋 (zhènfèn)
• (to rouse oneself):

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• 奮勉 / 奋勉 (fènmiǎn) (literary)
• 奮發 / 奋发 (fènfā)
• 怒 (nù) (Classical Chinese)
• 發奮 / 发奋 (fāfèn)
• 發憤 / 发愤 (fāfèn)