嗗
Meanings · gut2
- (Cant.) quarter of an hour
- onomatopoeia for gulping sound
- to gulp
- silence without a word
Meanings · gut4
- (Cant.) quarter of an hour
- onomatopoeia for gulping sound
- to gulp
- silence without a word
Meanings · gut6
- (Cant.) quarter of an hour
- onomatopoeia for gulping sound
- to gulp
- silence without a word
Meanings · gwat1
- (Cant.) quarter of an hour
- onomatopoeia for gulping sound
- to gulp
- silence without a word
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
- 嗗 has the reading gut2 here; Unihan’s citation reading is waat3. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 嗗 gut2 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-Canto includes this pinyin reference: wa1. 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 · 5 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gut2 · gut4 · gut6 · gwat1 · waat3
Cantonese word readings for 嗗. 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
- (onomatopoeia) gulp
- (onomatopoeia) sound of crying
character · Etymology 3
- (Cantonese, onomatopoeia) gulp; to gulp
character · Etymology 4
- (Cantonese) alternative form of 骨 (“quarter”)
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