做籠子

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	cage; coop; basket cage; coop; basket; container
trad. (做籠子)		做	籠子
simp. (做笼子)		做	笼子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòlóngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòlóngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòlóngzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-lung²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: dzwò-lúng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohlongtzyy
    • Palladius: цзолунцзы (czolunczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

做籠子

1. (Wuhan Mandarin) to hire fake customers to make one's shop or stall appear more popular than it really is, in order to entice legitimate customers; especially as a way to generate artificial demand for low-quality or defective goods