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Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): zuòqī
- (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧ
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): zūqǐ
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zou6 cat1
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): zou4 cak7
- Gan (Wiktionary): zu4 cit6
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): cho-chhit
- (Meixian, Guangdong): zo4 qid5
- Northern Min (KCR): ca̿-chĭ
- Eastern Min (BUC): có̤-*chék
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zo4 cih6
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-chhit / chò-chhit
- (Teochew, Peng'im): zo3 cig4 / zo3 cêg4
- (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): zo7 qieg4
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): zu3 cat2
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5tsu-chiq7 / 5tsou-tshiq7 / 5tso-chiq7
Note: zo3 cêg4 - Jieyang.
Verb
做⫽七 (verb-object)
- to perform Buddhist or Taoist rituals every seven days after a person's death, till the 49th day
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
做七 (“to perform Buddhist or Taoist rituals every seven days after a person's death, till the 49th day”)
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “做七”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 591.