三及第

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsaam1 kap6 dai6

Meanings

  1. a type of pork congee; a metaphor for something half-baked and messy, burnt at the bottom, uncooked on the top; a writing style with the combination of classical Chinese, formal written Chinese and Cantonese.
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Same syllable, six tones

saam三saam1threesaam2—saam3—saam4—saam5—saam6—
kap级kap1levelkap2—kap3—kap4—kap5—及kap6and

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: san1 ji2 di4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

saam1 kap6 dai2

Cantonese word readings for 三及第. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

  1. (Cantonese) synonym of 及第粥 (“congee with pork, chitterlings and pork liver”)
  2. A written language formed from a mixture of Classical Chinese, Standard Chinese, and vernacular Cantonese, formerly used in publications and media such as Hong Kong newspapers.

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Exact source record & identity三及第 三及第 [san1 ji2 di4] {saam1 kap6 dai6} /a type of pork congee; a metaphor for something half-baked and messy, burnt at the bottom, uncooked on the top; a writing style with the combination of classical Chinese, formal written Chinese and Cantonese./

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