喎
简 㖞 · 繁 喎Meanings · waa1
- awry (mouth)
- a Taiwan pr. kuāi
Meanings · kwaa1
- awry (mouth)
- a Taiwan pr. kuāi
Meanings · wo3
- a final particle to express surprise
- agreement
- disagreement
- tone of reminder or emphasis
- when quoting words said by others
Meanings · wo4
- a final particle to express surprise
- agreement
- disagreement
- tone of reminder or emphasis
- when quoting words said by others
Meanings · wo5
- a final particle to express surprise
- agreement
- disagreement
- tone of reminder or emphasis
- when quoting words said by others
Meanings · wo6
- a final particle to express surprise
- agreement
- disagreement
- tone of reminder or emphasis
- when quoting words said by others
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.
Same syllable, six tones
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.
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:
- 喎 wāi CC-CEDICT · Mandarinawry (mouth); askew; Taiwan pr. kuāi
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: wai1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 4 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
kwaa1 · waa1 · wo3 · wo5
Cantonese word readings for 喎. 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
- (especially of mouth) wry; askew; crooked
character · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese) Sentence-final modal particle used as a casual reminder or for emphasis.
- (Cantonese) Sentence-final modal particle used to express realization.
- (Cantonese) Sentence-final modal particle used to emphasise a truth that contradicts an incorrect assumption.
- (Cantonese) Sentence-final modal particle used to express sarcasm.
character · Etymology 3
- (Cantonese) Sentence-final modal particle used for reported speech.
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