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反口覆舌

简反口复舌 · 繁反口覆舌

Cantonese · source Jyutpingfaan2 hau2 fuk1 sit6

not to keep one's words

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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

faan22 · high risinghau22 · high risingfuk11 · high levelchecked · -ksit66 · low levelchecked · -t

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Tone difference from Unihan

舌 is read sit6 here; Unihan’s citation reading is sit3. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 舌 sit6 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

faan翻faan1to turn over 反faan2contrary 泛faan3to float 繁faan4complicatedfaan5—饭faan6food

hau齁hau1口hau2mouth 吼hau3roar or howl of an animal 喉hau4throat 厚hau5thick 后hau6back

fuk福fuk1good fortunefuk2—fuk3—fuk4—fuk5—复fuk6to go and return

sitsit1—sit2—舌sit3tonguesit4—sit5—sit6—

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

反口覆舌复

Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: fan3 kou3 fu4 she2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faan2 hau2 fuk1 sit3

Cantonese word readings for 反口覆舌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(Cantonese) to renege on one's words

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