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搶

简抢 · 繁搶

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcoeng1#

to go against
to strike
to bump against

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcong2#

to go against
to strike
to bump against

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcoeng2#

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcong1#

chaos
name of a comet

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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

coeng11 · high level

cong22 · high rising

coeng22 · high rising

cong11 · high level

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

Tone difference from Unihan

搶 is read coeng1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is coeng2. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 搶 coeng1 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

coeng枪coeng1gun 抢coeng2to fight over 唱coeng3to sing 長coeng4longcoeng5—coeng6—

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

搶抢

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:

搶 qiāng CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary
搶 qiǎng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch

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: qiang3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 4 Cantonese readings