三枝桅

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsaam1 zi1 ngai4

Meanings

  1. barque
About these definitions

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

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Reading difference from Unihan

  • 桅 has the reading ngai4 here; Unihan’s citation reading is wai4. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 桅 ngai4 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

saam三saam1threesaam2—saam3—saam4—saam5—saam6—
ngaingai1—ngai2—ngai3—危ngai4danger蚁ngai5trouble艺ngai6skill

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

Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: san1 zhi1 wei2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity三枝桅 三枝桅 [san1 zhi1 wei2] {saam1 zi1 ngai4} /barque/

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