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青洲

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcing1 zau1

Green Island, an island in Hong Kong; Ilha Verde, a place in Macao, China

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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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cing11 · high levelzau11 · high level

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

Same syllable, six tones

cing清cing1clear 請cing2to ask 秤cing3steelyard 情cing4feelingcing5—cing6—

zau州zau1prefecture 走zau2to walk 奏zau3to play musiczau4—zau5—就zau6at once

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

青洲

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: qing1 zhou1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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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.

name

Ilha Verde (an area and former islet in the northwest of Macau Peninsula, Macau)
Green Island (an islet of Hong Kong Island, off the coast of Kennedy Town, Central and Western district, Hong Kong)
Pillar Island (a former islet in Rambler Channel, between Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi in Kwai Tsing district, Hong Kong)
Table Island, Tsing Chau (an islet near Kat O, North district, Hong Kong)
Steep Island, Ching Chau (an islet in Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung district, Hong Kong)
Ching Chau (an islet in Cham Chuk Wan, Sai Kung district, Hong Kong)

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