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城闕

简城阙 · 繁城闕

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsing4 kyut3

the watch tower on the city gate

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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

sing44 · low fallingkyut33 · mid levelchecked · -t

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Same syllable, six tones

sing星sing1star 醒sing2to wake up 圣sing3holy 城sing4city wallssing5—盛sing6flourishing

kyutkyut1—kyut2—缺kyut3deficiencykyut4—kyut5—kyut6—

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

城闕阙

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

城闕 chéng què CC-CEDICT · Mandarinwatchtower on either side of a city gate; (literary) city; imperial palace

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: cheng2 que4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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