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以身作則

简以身作则 · 繁以身作則

Cantonese · source Jyutpingji5 san1 zok3 zak1

(idiom) To set oneself as a role model

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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

ji55 · low risingsan11 · high levelzok33 · mid levelchecked · -kzak11 · high levelchecked · -k

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Same syllable, six tones

ji衣ji1clothes 椅ji2chair 意ji3idea 兒ji4non-syllabic diminutive suffix 尔ji5thus 义ji6justice

san新san1newsan2—san3—神san4deity 肾san5dim-witted 慎san6careful

zokzok1—zok2—作zok3to dozok4—zok5—昨zok6yesterday

zak则zak1conjunction used to express contrast with a previous…zak2—zak3—zak4—zak5—zak6—

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

以身作則则

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

以身作則 yǐ shēn zuò zé CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto set an example (idiom); to serve as a model

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: yi3shen1zuo4ze2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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