洗腳唔抹腳

简 洗脚唔抹脚 · 繁 洗腳唔抹腳
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsai2 goek3 m4 maat3 goek3

Meanings

  1. describes a spendthrift who spends money recklessly without any proper consideration; money burns a hole in one's pocket
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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

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Reading difference from Unihan

  • 抹 has the reading maat3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is mut3. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 抹 maat3 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

goekgoek1—goek2—脚goek3footgoek4—goek5—goek6—
mm1—呣m2m3—唔m4notm5—m6—

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

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: xi3 jiao3 n2 mo3 jiao3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sai2 goek3 m4 maat3 goek3

Cantonese word readings for 洗腳唔抹腳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

  1. (Cantonese) to expend lavishly without consideration on other aspects

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Exact source record & identity洗腳唔抹腳 洗脚唔抹脚 [xi3 jiao3 n2 mo3 jiao3] {sai2 goek3 m4 maat3 goek3} /describes a spendthrift who spends money recklessly without any proper consideration; money burns a hole in one's pocket/

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