冇分寸

Cantonese · source Jyutpingmou5 fan1 cyun3

Meanings

  1. to have no sense of propriety; to have no sense of knowing what is appropriate or what is the acceptable limits
  2. boundaries; to overstep the mark [colloquial]
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Same syllable, six tones

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: mao3 fen1cun5. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Exact source record & identity冇分寸 冇分寸 [mao3 fen1cun5] {mou5 fan1 cyun3} /to have no sense of propriety; to have no sense of knowing what is appropriate or what is the acceptable limits / boundaries; to overstep the mark [colloquial]/

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