人有三衰六旺

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjan4 jau5 saam1 seoi1 luk6 wong6

Meanings

  1. one has three bad and six good fortunes, which means a person's life has ups and downs
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Same syllable, six tones

saam三saam1threesaam2—saam3—saam4—saam5—saam6—
luk碌luk1laboriousluk2—luk3—luk4—luk5—录luk6diary

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: ren2 you3 san1 shuai1 liu4 wang4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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jan4 jau5 saam1 seoi1 luk6 wong6

Cantonese word readings for 人有三衰六旺. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity人有三衰六旺 人有三衰六旺 [ren2 you3 san1 shuai1 liu4 wang4] {jan4 jau5 saam1 seoi1 luk6 wong6} /one has three bad and six good fortunes, which means a person's life has ups and downs/

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