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咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳

简咁大只蛤乸随街跳 · 繁咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggam3 daai6 zek3 gap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3

There is no free lunch

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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

gam33 · mid leveldaai66 · low levelzek33 · mid levelchecked · -kgap33 · mid levelchecked · -pnaa22 · high risingceoi44 · low fallinggaai11 · high leveltiu33 · mid level

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Tone difference from Unihan

咁 is read gam3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is gam2. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 咁 gam3 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

gam金gam1gold 感gam2Get a cold 禁gam3to prohibitgam4—gam5—揿gam6to press

daaidaai1—歹daai2bad 带daai3banddaai4—daai5—大daai6

zekzek1—zek2—隻zek3classifier for birds and certain animals…zek4—zek5—zek6—

gap急gap1an urge to urinate or excretegap2—鸽gap3pigeongap4—gap5—gap6—

naanaa1—乸naa2feminine suffixnaa3—拿naa4to hold 那naa5thatnaa6—

ceoi吹ceoi1to blow 取ceoi2to take 趣ceoi3interesting 除ceoi4to get rid ofceoi5—ceoi6—

gaai佳gaai1beautiful 解gaai2to divide 界gaai3boundarygaai4—gaai5—gaai6—

tiu挑tiu1fucktiu2—跳tiu3to jump 条tiu4strip 窕tiu5quiet and secludedtiu6—

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

咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳只随

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: gan1 da4 zhi1 ge2 na2 sui2 jie1 tiao4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gam3 daai6 zek3 gaap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3

Cantonese word readings for 咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

(Cantonese) something too good to be true

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