五百

Cantonese · source Jyutpingng5 baak3

Meanings

  1. five hundred
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Same syllable, six tones

ngng1—ng2—ng3—吾ng4I五ng5five误ng6mistake
baak迫baak1baak2—百baak3hundredbaak4—baak5—白baak6white

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: wu3 bai3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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num

  1. five hundred

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Exact source record & identity五百 五百 [wu3 bai3] {ng5 baak3} /five hundred/

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