打橫

简 打横 · 繁 打橫
Cantonese · source Jyutpingdaa2 waang4

Meanings

  1. horizontal position; describes a person who is unreasonable or irrational
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Same syllable, six tones

daadaa1—打daa2to beatdaa3—daa4—daa5—daa6—
waangwaang1—waang2—waang3—横waang4horizontalwaang5—waang6—

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: da3 heng2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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daa2 waang4

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

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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verb · Etymology 1

  1. to be horizontal; to stand horizontally
  2. (Mainland China) to block the passage of; to hinder the progress of; to create difficulties for
  3. (dated) to take the least important seat at a square table; to take the last available seat at a table

adv · Etymology 1

  1. (Cantonese) horizontally

noun · Etymology 1

  1. (Cantonese) crab

name · Etymology 2

  1. (~市) Tasikmalaya (a city in West Java, Indonesia)
  2. (~縣) Tasikmalaya (a regency of West Java, Indonesia)

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Exact source record & identity打橫 打横 [da3 heng2] {daa2 waang4} /horizontal position; describes a person who is unreasonable or irrational/

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