作法

Chinese

		to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (作法)		作	法

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ faat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòfǎ → zuòfa (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄚˇ → ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄈㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòfå
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-fa⁵
  - Yale: dzwò-fa
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh.faa
  - Palladius: цзофа (czofa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ fä¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zok³ faat³
  - Yale: jok faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: zog³ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ faːt̚³/

Noun

作法

method; way of doing things
technique of writing

Synonyms

(method):

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主意
做法 (zuòfǎ)
卯竅 / 卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
對策 / 对策 (duìcè)
工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
手段 (shǒuduàn)
措施 (cuòshī)
撇步 (Hokkien, secret method)
方式 (fāngshì)
方法 (fāngfǎ)
步拍 (Xiamen Hokkien)
步數 / 步数 (Hokkien)
法子 (colloquial)
法度 (Hokkien)
渠道 (qúdào)
竅門 / 窍门 (qiàomén)
竅門兒 / 窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
訣竅 / 诀窍 (juéqiào) (secret method)
訣要 / 诀要 (juéyào)
路子 (lùzi)
路徑 / 路径 (lùjìng)
蹊徑 / 蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
辦法 / 办法 (bànfǎ)
途徑 / 途径 (tújìng)
進路 / 进路 (jìnlù)
道理 (dàolǐ)
道術 / 道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
門徑 / 门径 (ménjìng)
門路 / 门路 (ménlù)
門道 / 门道 (méndao)
門頭 / 门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
頭路 / 头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ faat³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chok-fap

(Hailu, HRS): zog fab
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zorh⁶ hah⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chok-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòfǎ
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-fa³
  - Yale: dzwò-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohfaa
  - Palladius: цзофа (czofa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zok³ faat³
  - Yale: jok faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: zog³ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ faːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok-fap
  - Hakka Romanization System: zog^ˋ fab^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zog⁵ fab⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sok̚² fap̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zog fab
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sok⁵⁻² fap⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zorh⁶ hah⁶ [Phonetic: zorh⁴ hah⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: co̤h-hah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɒʔ²¹⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zorh⁶ hah⁶ [Phonetic: zorh⁷ hah⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɒʔ²⁻⁴ haʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chok-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: tsok-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zokhoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/

Verb

作法

to perform sorcery; to perform magic
(literary) to make laws; to legislate

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
作	法
さ Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さほー [sáꜜhòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [sa̠ho̞ː]

Noun

作(さ)法(ほう) • (sahō)

manner, etiquette, propriety

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
作	法
さく Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さくほー [sàkúhóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ho̞ː]

Noun

作(さく)法(ほう) • (sakuhō)

way of making things (especially of poetry, prose, etc.)