細工

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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) 細 工
simp. (细工) 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
細 工
さい
Grade: 2 		く
Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

細(さい)工(く) • (saiku) 

  1. workmanship
  2. trick, trickery, manipulation

Verb

細(さい)工(く)する • (saiku suru) suru (stem 細(さい)工(く)し (saiku shi), past 細(さい)工(く)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

Conjugation of "細工する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 細工し さいくし saiku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 細工し さいくし saiku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 細工する さいくする saiku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 細工する さいくする saiku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 細工すれ さいくすれ saiku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 細工せよ¹
細工しろ² 		さいくせよ¹
さいくしろ² 		saiku seyo¹
saiku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 細工される さいくされる saiku sareru
Causative 細工させる
細工さす 		さいくさせる
さいくさす 		saiku saseru
saiku sasu
Potential 細工できる さいくできる saiku dekiru
Volitional 細工しよう さいくしよう saiku shiyō
Negative 細工しない さいくしない saiku shinai
Negative continuative 細工せず さいくせず saiku sezu
Formal 細工します さいくします saiku shimasu
Perfective 細工した さいくした saiku shita
Conjunctive 細工して さいくして saiku shite
Hypothetical conditional 細工すれば さいくすれば saiku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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
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