死擂

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsei2 leoi4

Meanings

  1. work oneself to death; work extremely hard
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Same syllable, six tones

seisei1—死sei2to die四sei3labourersei4—sei5—sei6—
leoileoi1—leoi2—leoi3—雷leoi4thunder旅leoi5trip类leoi6kind

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: si3 lei2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sei2 leoi4

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

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Exact source record & identity死擂 死擂 [si3 lei2] {sei2 leoi4} /work oneself to death; work extremely hard/

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