硬掙

简 硬挣 · 繁 硬掙
Cantonese · source Jyutpingngaang6 zang1

Meanings

  1. (verb) to vie for; to hardly argue or debate
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Same syllable, six tones

ngaangngaang1—ngaang2—ngaang3—ngaang4—ngaang5—硬ngaang6hard
zang增zang1to increasezang2—zang3—zang4—zang5—赠zang6to give as a present

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: ying4 zheng5. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngaang6 zaang6

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

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity硬掙 硬挣 [ying4 zheng5] {ngaang6 zang1} /(verb) to vie for; to hardly argue or debate/

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