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

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)

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

Derived terms

大做文章 (dàzuòwénzhāng)

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