細工

See also: 细工

Chinese

fine; minutely; thin
fine; minutely; thin; slender
 
work; worker; skill
work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
 
trad. (細工)
simp. (细工)
anagram 工細工细

Pronunciation


Noun

細工

  1. fine workmanship; skilled work
  2. (Cantonese) errand boy or girl

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

(さい)() • (saiku

  1. workmanship
  2. trick, trickery, manipulation

Verb

(さい)()する • (saiku surusuru (stem (さい)() (saiku shi), past (さい)()した (saiku shita))

  1. to work on
  2. to cook up, to use tricks, to juggle with (facts, numbers), to cook the books

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN