地水先生

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdei6 seoi2 sin1 saang1

Meanings

  1. a visually impaired man; Mr. Blind Man
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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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Reading difference from Unihan

  • 生 has the reading saang1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is sang1. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 生 saang1 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

deidei1—dei2—dei3—dei4—dei5—地dei6-ly
saangsaang1—省saang2to savesaang3—saang4—saang5—saang6—

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

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: di4 shui3 xian1 sheng5. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Exact source record & identity地水先生 地水先生 [di4 shui3 xian1 sheng5] {dei6 seoi2 sin1 saang1} /a visually impaired man; Mr. Blind Man/

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