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蹲

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcyun4#

to injure one's foot
leg due to heavy fall

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdeon1#

to crouch
to squat
to stay (somewhere)
to crouch
to idle about

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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

cyun44 · low falling

deon11 · high level

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

Same syllable, six tones

cyun川cyun1river 窜cyun2to flee 串cyun3to string together 全cyun4allcyun5—cyun6—

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

蹲

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

蹲 cún CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing
蹲 dūn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)

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: dun1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 12 senses · 3 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cyun4 · deon1 · zeon1

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

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

character · Etymology 1

to squat; to crouch
(figurative) to stay (somewhere); to remain idle (in a place)
(regional or dialectal) to live; to live in
(regional or dialectal, by extention) to be at
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to sit
(FPS game)to camp
(Internet slang) to wait

character · Etymology 2

(dialectal) to sprain one's leg by landing abruptly

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 蹲蹲 (“dancing rhythmically”)

character · Etymology 4

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to gather; to assemble

character · Etymology 5

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 躦 /躜 (zuān), only used in 蹲𧿙

character · Etymology 6

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 蹲循 and 蹲節／蹲节

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