佐敦

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzo3 deon1

Meanings

  1. the name of a place in Hong Kong: Jordan
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Same syllable, six tones

deon敦deon1kindhearteddeon2—deon3—deon4—deon5—顿deon6to stop

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: zuo3 dun1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zo2 deon1

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

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name

  1. (Cantonese) a transliteration of the English surname and unisex given name Jordan
  2. Jordan (an area of Hong Kong)

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Exact source record & identity佐敦 佐敦 [zuo3 dun1] {zo3 deon1} /the name of a place in Hong Kong: Jordan/

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