十隻手指有長短

简 十只手指有长短 · 繁 十隻手指有長短
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsap6 zek3 sau2 zi2 jau5 coeng4 dyun2

Meanings

  1. everything
  2. everyone is different in the world
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Same syllable, six tones

sap湿sap1trivialsap2—sap3—sap4—sap5—十sap6ten
zekzek1—zek2—隻zek3classifier for birds and certain animals…zek4—zek5—zek6—

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: shi2 zhi1 shou3 zhi3 you3 chang2 duan3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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sap6 zek3 sau2 zi2 jau5 coeng4 dyun2

Cantonese word readings for 十隻手指有長短. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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proverb

  1. (Cantonese) everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses

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Exact source record & identity十隻手指有長短 十只手指有长短 [shi2 zhi1 shou3 zhi3 you3 chang2 duan3] {sap6 zek3 sau2 zi2 jau5 coeng4 dyun2} /everything/ everyone is different in the world/

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