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咻

Cantonese · source Jyutpingheoi2#

cry of pain from illness

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjau1#

call out
jeer

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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

heoi22 · high rising

jau11 · high level

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

Reading difference from Unihan

咻 has the reading heoi2 here; Unihan’s citation reading is jau1. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 咻 heoi2 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

heoi虚heoi1emptiness 许heoi2to allow 去heoi3to goheoi4—heoi5—heoi6—

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

咻

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

咻 xiū CC-CEDICT · Mandarincall out; jeer

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: xiu1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 9 senses · 2 Cantonese readings

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heoi2 · jau1

Cantonese word readings for 咻. 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

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to clamor, disrupt, make noise
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to incite, instigate
to exhale, pant; the sound of panting
sound of an animal
sound of arrows, shells, firecrackers, etc. moving quickly in the air; whoosh

character · Etymology 2

only used in 咻噢 (xǔyǔ) and 噢咻 (yǔxǔ).

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm, mild

character · Etymology 4

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 烋 (xiāo), only used in 咆咻 (páoxiāo)

character · Etymology 5

(Cantonese, archaic) alternative form of 嘵 /哓 (perfective aspect particle)

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