七星岩

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcat1 sing1 ngaam4

Meanings

  1. Seven-Star Cave, Seven-Star Crag, and Seven-Star Reef; three locations share the same Chinese title, two are in Mainland China, and one is at Taiwan
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Same syllable, six tones

cat七cat1sevencat2—cat3—cat4—cat5—cat6—
ngaamngaam1—ngaam2—ngaam3—癌ngaam4malignancyngaam5—ngaam6—

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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cat1 sing1 ngaam4

Cantonese word readings for 七星岩. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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name

  1. Qixingyan (Taiwan)

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Exact source record & identity七星岩 七星岩 [qi1 xing1 yan2] {cat1 sing1 ngaam4} /Seven-Star Cave, Seven-Star Crag, and Seven-Star Reef; three locations share the same Chinese title, two are in Mainland China, and one is at Taiwan/

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