故作 [－－]

Jyutping gu3 zok3
Pinyin gù zuò

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to pretend
  2. to feign
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、書面語
    擺出​一個樣​；​詐帝​；​扮
    to pretend; to put on a certain face
    • 故作不知
      故作不知
      to pretend not to be aware of sth
    • 故作無辜
      故作无辜
      to put on an innocent face
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to pretend to be (calm, knowledgeable, etc.); to deliberately be
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢写文章时钟意用好难嘅词，真系故作高深。
    佢寫文章時鍾意用好難嘅詞，真係故作高深。
    keoi5 se2 man4 zoeng1 si4 zung1 ji3 jung6 hou2 naan4 ge3 ci4, zan1 hai6 gu3 zok3 gou1 sam1
    • While writing, he likes using very difficult vocabularies and makes simple things unnecessarily complicated.
  2. Cantonese
    故作不知
    故作不知
    • to pretend not to be aware of sth
  3. Cantonese
    故作无辜
    故作無辜
    • to put on an innocent face