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培

Cantonese · source Jyutpingbau6#

a small mount

Cantonese · source Jyutpingpui4#

to bank up with earth
to cultivate (lit. or fig.)
to train (people)

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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

bau66 · low level

pui44 · low falling

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Reading difference from Unihan

培 has the reading bau6 here; Unihan’s citation reading is pui4. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 培 bau6 as its own entry.

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Written characters

培

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

培 péi CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: pei2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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