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咁

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggam3#

(adverb) too (used before an adjective)

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggam2#

so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样, like this

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggam3#

so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样, like this

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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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Mandarin ↔ Cantonese

Cantonese咁gam2 / gam3↔Mandarin這樣zhè yàng
Source note
CC-Canto line 26389: Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
CC-Canto line 26390: Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
CC-CEDICT line 21198: Mandarin equivalent: 這樣|这样[zhe4 yang4]

Only equivalences a source states in its own words (“Mandarin equivalent”, “particle equivalent to”). Not a translation table: usage, register and senses can differ.

Reading & tones

gam33 · mid level

gam22 · high rising

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

Tone difference from Unihan

咁 is read gam3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is gam2. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 咁 gam3 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

gam金gam1gold 感gam2Get a cold 禁gam3to prohibitgam4—gam5—揿gam6to press

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

咁

Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

咁 gān CC-CEDICT · Mandarinso (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 這樣 zhè yàng

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: gan1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 5 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

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gam3

Cantonese word readings for 咁. 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

(Cantonese) so, to such an extent

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese, alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 噉
(Cantonese, alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 減 /减

character · Etymology 3

(Cantonese, alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 敢 (“question particle”)

character · Etymology 4

(Cantonese) milk

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