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南昌

Cantonese · source Jyutpingnaam4 coeng1

(noun) Abbreviation of Nam Cheong Station, which is a station of West Rail Line of MTR in Hong Kong

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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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naam44 · low fallingcoeng11 · high level

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Same syllable, six tones

naamnaam1—naam2—naam3—南naam4south 腩naam5brisket 婻naam6

coeng枪coeng1gun 抢coeng2to fight over 唱coeng3to sing 長coeng4longcoeng5—coeng6—

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

南昌

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

南昌 Nán chāng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsee 南昌市 Nán chāng Shì; see 南昌縣 Nán chāng Xiàn

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: Nan2 chang1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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naam4 coeng1

Cantonese word readings for 南昌. 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.

name

(～市) Nanchang (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Jiangxi, China)
(～縣) Nanchang (a county of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China)
(～村) Nanchang (a village in Wanquan, Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)

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