膂

Cantonese · source Jyutpingleoi5#

Meanings · leoi5

  1. backbone
  2. strength
Cantonese · source Jyutpingleoi3#

Meanings · leoi3

  1. backbone
  2. strength
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Same syllable, six tones

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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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

  • 膂 lǚ CC-CEDICT · Mandarinbackbone; strength

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: lv3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

leoi3 · leoi5

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

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character · Etymology 2

  1. backbone; spinal column

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

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Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source records & identity膂 膂 [lv3] {leoi5} /backbone/strength/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 6bbe1fbd905c97b2a1f4283d8c059ae9af1e745de2a20bf8a83f4800a838c5f3

膂 膂 [lv3] {leoi3} /backbone/strength/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 4ed0bf0a257778006d121770165d636fbb3841ee91095fd5c3698ecb25178deb