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Cantonese · source Jyutpingdeoi3#

to cash
to exchange
to add (liquid)
to blend
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing swamp
to barter
weight

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdeoi6#

to cash
to exchange
to add (liquid)
to blend
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing swamp
to barter
weight

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjeoi6#

alternative form for 銳, sharp

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

deoi33 · mid level

deoi66 · low level

jeoi66 · low level

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Same syllable, six tones

deoi堆deoi1to pile updeoi2—对deoi3rightdeoi4—deoi5—隊deoi6squadron

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

兌兑

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

兌 Duì CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsurname Dui
兌 duì CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto cash; to exchange; to add (liquid); to blend; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bā guà, symbolizing swamp; ☱

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: dui4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

deoi3 · deoi6 · jeoi6

Cantonese word readings for 兌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

(literary, obsolete, anatomy) opening, aperture; (especially) one of the sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, mouth)
(literary, obsolete) (of a way or path) to clear; to make accessible
☱, the 2nd of the 8 trigrams
☱, the 2nd of the 8 trigrams — the west
58th hexagram of the I Ching
(archaic, literary) joy; contentment; happiness
to exchange; to redeem — (finance) to redeem; to withdraw; to exchange
to exchange; to redeem — (xiangqi) to sacrifice one's piece to capture an opponent's piece; similar to an exchange sacrifice in chess
(historical, trading) to weigh gold or silver as currency using a balance
to mix with, blend with
(historical) Duì (a skilled craftsperson who makes halberds)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

only used in 兌命 (Yuè Mìng)

character · Etymology 3

(Taiwanese Hokkien) alternative form of 佗 (tōe, toeh), contraction of 佗位 (tó-ūi, “where”)

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