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to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make |
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Etymology 1
Etymology 2
See etymology section of 怎 (zěn).
Pronunciation
Adverb
作摩
- (obsolete, early vernacular) how; why; roughly equivalent to 怎麼／怎么.
- (obsolete, dialectal early vernacular) (sentence final, preceded by ～那) Used in explicitly rhetorical questions.
進曰：「不從師覓，如何即得？」師曰：「何曾失卻那，作摩？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
进曰：「不从师觅，如何即得？」师曰：「何曾失却那，作摩？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- From: 952 C.E., 《祖堂集·卷四·石頭》 (Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall, Chapter 4
- Jìn yuē: “Bù cóng shī mì, rúhé jí dé?” Shī yuē: “Hécéng shīquè nà, zuòmó?”
- (A monk) proceeded to ask, "but if I don't seek it from you, how can I possibly attain it?"
"What," said the master, "have you ever lost it?"