咭
Meanings · kaat1
- (noun) card (e.g. credit card, name card, etc.)
Meanings · gat1
- card
- to guard
- grumble
- to chuckle
- the sound of a mouse squeaking
Meanings · kaat1
- card
- to guard
- grumble
- to chuckle
- the sound of a mouse squeaking
Meanings · kat1
- card
- to guard
- grumble
- to chuckle
- the sound of a mouse squeaking
Meanings · kit1
- card
- to guard
- grumble
- to chuckle
- the sound of a mouse squeaking
About these definitions
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.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Reading difference from Unihan
- 咭 has the reading kaat1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is gat1. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 咭 kaat1 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).
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 咭 jī CC-CEDICT · Mandarinvariant of 嘰 jī
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: ji1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 4 senses · 4 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gat1 · hat1 · kaat1 · kat1
Cantonese word readings for 咭. 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 2
- (Cantonese) card (Classifier: 張／张 c)
character · Etymology 3
- Transliteration of English 'g' syllable:
- Transliteration of English 'g' syllable: — Used in 𠸄咭唎.
character · Etymology 4
- (Hokkien) alternative form of 汔 (“viscous; thick”)
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