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執輸行頭慘過敗家

简执输行头惨过败家 · 繁執輸行頭慘過敗家

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzap1 syu1 hong4 tau4 caam2 gwo3 baai6 gaa1

nothing is worst than missing out on great opportunities

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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

zap11 · high levelchecked · -psyu11 · high levelhong44 · low fallingtau44 · low fallingcaam22 · high risinggwo33 · mid levelbaai66 · low levelgaa11 · high level

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Reading difference from Unihan

行 has the reading hong4 here; Unihan’s citation reading is hang4. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 行 hong4 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

zap执zap1to executezap2—zap3—zap4—zap5—zap6—

syu书syu1a book 鼠syu2rat 庶syu3numerous 薯syu4potatosyu5—树syu6tree

hong康hong1healthyhong2—hong3—杭hong4Hangzhouhong5—项hong6back of neck

tau偷tau1to stealtau2—透tau3to penetrate 头tau4headtau5—tau6—

caam参caam1to take part in 惨caam2miserable 杉caam3China fir 馋caam4gluttonouscaam5—caam6—

gwo戈gwo1spear 果gwo2fruit 过gwo3to crossgwo4—gwo5—gwo6—

baaibaai1—摆baai2to arrange 拜baai3to pay respectbaai4—baai5—败baai6to defeat

gaa家gaa1home 假gaa2fake 架gaa3to supportgaa4—gaa5—gaa6—

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

執輸行頭慘過敗家执输头惨过败

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: zhi2 shu1 hang2 tou2 can3 guo4 bai4 jia1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zap1 syu1 haang4 tau4 caam2 gwo3 baai6 gaa1

Cantonese word readings for 執輸行頭慘過敗家. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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proverb

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 執輸行頭，慘過敗家 /执输行头，惨过败家

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