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呆板

Cantonese · source Jyutpingngoi4 baan2

(adjective) 1. Sluggish; (of people)
Dull; 2. Bored

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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

ngoi44 · low fallingbaan22 · high rising

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Same syllable, six tones

ngoingoi1—ngoi2—ngoi3—呆ngoi4ngoi5—外ngoi6outside

baan班baan1team 板baan2boardbaan3—baan4—baan5—办baan6to do

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

呆板

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

呆板 dāi bǎn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinstiff; inflexible; also pr. ái bǎn

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: dai1ban3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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