埋欄

简 埋栏 · 繁 埋欄
Cantonese · source Jyutpingmaai4 laan1

Meanings

  1. to trade; to join a conversation, to join a group; succeed in accomplishing something
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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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Tone difference from Unihan

  • 欄 is read laan1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is laan4. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings.

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

laanlaan1—laan2—laan3—兰laan4orchid懒laan5lazy烂laan6soft

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: mai2 lan2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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maai4 laan1

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

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adj

  1. (Cantonese) matching; harmonious

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Exact source record & identity埋欄 埋栏 [mai2 lan2] {maai4 laan1} /to trade; to join a conversation, to join a group; succeed in accomplishing something/

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