啱牙

Cantonese · source Jyutpingngaam1 ngaa4

Meanings

  1. teeth fitting well together, it means people
  2. things get along with each other well
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Same syllable, six tones

ngaamngaam1—ngaam2—ngaam3—癌ngaam4malignancyngaam5—ngaam6—

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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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: yan1 ya2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngaam1 ngaa2

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

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verb

  1. (Cantonese, Leizhou Min) to get along well with someone

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Exact source record & identity啱牙 啱牙 [yan1 ya2] {ngaam1 ngaa4} /teeth fitting well together, it means people/ things get along with each other well/

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