囡

Cantonese · source Jyutpingnaam4#

Meanings · naam4

  1. child
  2. daughter
  3. a small
  4. young girl
  5. girlfriend
  6. a prostitute
Cantonese · source Jyutpingneoi4#

Meanings · neoi4

  1. child
  2. daughter
  3. a small
  4. young girl
  5. girlfriend
  6. a prostitute
Cantonese · source Jyutpingneoi1#

Meanings · neoi1

  1. child
  2. daughter
  3. a small
  4. young girl
  5. girlfriend
  6. a prostitute
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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

naamnaam1—naam2—naam3—南naam4south腩naam5brisket婻naam6

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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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

  • 囡 nān CC-CEDICT · Mandarinchild; daughter

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: nan1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 4 senses · 2 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

naam4 · neoi1

Cantonese word readings for 囡. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

  1. (Wu) child
  2. (Wu) daughter

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese) alternative form of 女 (“daughter; girlfriend; (cards) queen”)

character · Etymology 3

  1. only used in 囡仔

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Source lines 26,933, 26,934, 26,935 · Original publisher · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edition & transformations

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source records & identity囡 囡 [nan1] {naam4} /child/daughter/a small / young girl/girlfriend/a prostitute/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: c93638c2d4b3306d8601ae38fdf7b4ff3f7dfb77a3f82d7817bb82e5e4c32f80

囡 囡 [nan1] {neoi4} /child/daughter/a small / young girl/girlfriend/a prostitute/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 77b02859110fcaa9d0e5371151129059dfaeffc9210b74fa799254589fe73636

囡 囡 [nan1] {neoi1} /child/daughter/a small / young girl/girlfriend/a prostitute/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: dd528e042df856a37114b403b1867fc58539ec3db2781190897a891af0a1ed1c