食錯藥

简 食错藥 · 繁 食錯藥
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsik6 co3 joek6

Meanings

  1. taking the wrong medication
  2. acting unreasonable (spoken)
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Same syllable, six tones

sik色sik1colorsik2—sik3—sik4—sik5—食sik6to eat
joekjoek1—joek2—约joek3to make an appointmentjoek4—joek5—药joek6medicine

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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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: shi2 cuo4 shuo4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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sik6 co3 joek6

Cantonese word readings for 食錯藥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

  1. (Cantonese, colloquial) to be out of one's mind; crazy; lunatic

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Exact source record & identity食錯藥 食错藥 [shi2 cuo4 shuo4] {sik6 co3 joek6} /taking the wrong medication/acting unreasonable (spoken)/

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