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識

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Cantonese · source Jyutpingsik1#

(verb) recognize

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsik1#

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzi3#

to remember
sign
an inscription

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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

sik11 · high levelchecked · -k

zi33 · mid level

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

Same syllable, six tones

sik色sik1colorsik2—sik3—sik4—sik5—食sik6to eat

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

識识

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

識 shí CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì
識 zhì CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto record; to write a footnote

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: shi2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sik1 · zi3

Cantonese word readings for 識. 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 · Etymology 1

to know; to realise; to be aware
(Cantonese, Hakka, dialectal Wu) to recognise; to be familiar with; to know (especially someone or how to do something)
to appreciate; to recognise the worth of
to distinguish; to discriminate
knowledge; experience
(Teochew) sharp; smart
(Buddhism) mind; consciousness; vijnana
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bosom friend; acquaintance
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) thought; awareness
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 適 /适 (“just now”)

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to put a mark
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to remember
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mark; sign
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flag
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) raised words on an ancient bell or cauldron

character · Etymology 3

(Southern Min) alternative form of 捌 (“to know”)

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