今時唔同往日

简 今时唔同往日 · 繁 今時唔同往日
Cantonese · source Jyutpinggam1 si4 m4 tung4 wong5 jat6

Meanings

  1. how it is nowadays is not the same as how it used to be; the situation is different
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Same syllable, six tones

mm1—呣m2m3—唔m4notm5—m6—
jat一jat1onejat2—jat3—jat4—jat5—日jat6sun

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: jin1 shi2 n2 tong2 wang3 ri4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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gam1 si4 m4 tung4 wong5 jat6

Cantonese word readings for 今時唔同往日. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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proverb

  1. (Cantonese) times have changed

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Exact source record & identity今時唔同往日 今时唔同往日 [jin1 shi2 n2 tong2 wang3 ri4] {gam1 si4 m4 tung4 wong5 jat6} /how it is nowadays is not the same as how it used to be; the situation is different/

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