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藉

Cantonese · source Jyutpingze3#

to rely on
using the excuse of

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzik6#

disorderly
in a muddle

Cantonese · source Jyutpingze6#

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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

ze33 · mid level

zik66 · low levelchecked · -k

ze66 · low level

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

Reading difference from Unihan

藉 has the reading ze3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is zik6. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 藉 ze3 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

ze遮ze1to cover up 者ze2one who...借ze3to rely onze4—这ze5this 谢ze6to thank

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

藉

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:

藉 jiè CC-CEDICT · Mandarinvariant of 借 jiè
藉 Jí CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsurname Ji
藉 jí CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(literary) to tread on; to insult; used in 狼藉 láng jí

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: ji2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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ze3 · ze6 · zik6

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

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

(obsolete) straw mat used to offer sacrifices
(literary) pad; mat
(literary) to spread; to lay out (a mat)
(archaic) to sit on; to lay on (a mat)
(alt. form 借) to rely on; to depend on; to lean on; by means of
(alt. form 借) to use as a pretext
(literary) even if

character

numerous and disorderly
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to pay tribute
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 籍 (jí, “tax”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to tie using a rope
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to care for; to treasure
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 籍 (jí, “to record”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 籍 (jí, “to confiscate”)
a surname

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