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串

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcyun3#

to string together
to skewer
to connect wrongly
to gang up
to rove
string
bunch
skewer
classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of
to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)
to move across
to spell
arrogant
cocky
to provoke
vain
to be sarcastic
ten
to make an appearance in a show
play
to pour into
to come and go freely

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggwaan3#

habit
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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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Reading & tones

cyun33 · mid level

gwaan33 · mid level

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

Same syllable, six tones

cyun川cyun1river 窜cyun2to flee 串cyun3to string together 全cyun4allcyun5—cyun6—

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

串

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

串 chuàn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; …

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: chuan4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cyun3 · gwaan3

Cantonese word readings for 串. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

to string together; to link up
string; chain; series of objects
skewer
Classifier for strung, bunched or clustered objects.
to cross; to criss-cross; to traverse to; to mix (undesirably)
(literary, or in compounds) to gang up on; to conspire; to collaborate
to pay a visit to; to visit; to move about
(literary, or in compounds) to play a role; to act; to perform
(chiefly Taiwan, Internet) thread
(Cantonese) to spell (a word in letters)
(Cantonese, slang) cocksure; arrogant; cocky
(Cantonese, slang) to humiliate; to provoke

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to get close to; to fawn on; to be obsequious to; to curry favor with
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) people on intimate terms
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) habit; custom
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to joke; to banter

character · Etymology 3

used in 串夷

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