加侖

简 加仑 · 繁 加侖
Cantonese · source Jyutpinggaa1 leon2

Meanings

  1. gallon
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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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Tone difference from Unihan

  • 侖 is read leon2 here; Unihan’s citation reading is leon4. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings.

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

leonleon1—卵leon2eggleon3—轮leon4wheelleon5—论leon6opinion

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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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: jia1 lun2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaa1 leon2

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

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classifier

  1. gallon (volume unit)

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Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source record & identity加侖 加仑 [jia1 lun2] {gaa1 leon2} /gallon/

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