你係唔係出嚟行

简 你系唔系出嚟行 · 繁 你係唔係出嚟行
Cantonese · source Jyutpingnei5 hai6 m4 hai6 ceot1 lai4 haang4

Meanings

  1. “and you call yourself a ganster”
  2. “what type of gangster are you?”
  3. “don't you know the rules?” (used in a mocking tone) [colloquial]
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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

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Reading difference from Unihan

  • 行 has the reading haang4 here; Unihan’s citation reading is hang4. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 行 haang4 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

neinei1—nei2—nei3—弥nei4full你nei5you腻nei6greasy
haihai1—hai2—hai3—奚hai4where?hai5—系hai6to be
mm1—呣m2m3—唔m4notm5—m6—
ceot出ceot1classifier for dramas, plays, operas etcceot2—ceot3—ceot4—ceot5—ceot6—

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

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ni3 xi4 n2 xi4 chu1 li2 xing2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity你係唔係出嚟行 你系唔系出嚟行 [ni3 xi4 n2 xi4 chu1 li2 xing2] {nei5 hai6 m4 hai6 ceot1 lai4 haang4} /“and you call yourself a ganster” / “what type of gangster are you?” / “don't you know the rules?” (used in a mocking tone) [colloquial]/

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