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 suru) suru (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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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