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孬

Cantonese · source Jyutpingbou2#

Cantonese · source Jyutpingnaau1#

Cantonese · source Jyutpingnaau6#

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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

bou22 · high rising

naau11 · high level

naau66 · low level

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

Reading difference from Unihan

孬 has the reading bou2 here; Unihan’s citation reading is naau1. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 孬 bou2 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

bou煲bou1to cook slowly over a low flame 保bou2to defend 布bou3clothbou4—bou5—部bou6ministry

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

孬

Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

孬 nāo CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(dialect) contracted form of 不好 bù hǎo

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: nao1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 8 senses · 4 Cantonese readings