四一五

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsei3 jat1 ng5

Meanings

  1. an advisor in a triad gang [colloquial]
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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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Same syllable, six tones

seisei1—死sei2to die四sei3labourersei4—sei5—sei6—
jat一jat1onejat2—jat3—jat4—jat5—日jat6sun
ngng1—ng2—ng3—吾ng4I五ng5five误ng6mistake

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: si4 yi1 wu3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity四一五 四一五 [si4 yi1 wu3] {sei3 jat1 ng5} /an advisor in a triad gang [colloquial]/

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