壞鬼

简 坏鬼 · 繁 壞鬼
Cantonese · source Jyutpingwaai3 gwai2

Meanings

  1. bad ghosts
About these definitions

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

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

Tone difference from Unihan

  • 壞 is read waai3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is waai6. 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

waai歪waai1askewwaai2—waai3—怀waai4bosomwaai5—坏waai6bad

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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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: huai4 gui3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

waai6 gwai2

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

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity壞鬼 坏鬼 [huai4 gui3] {waai3 gwai2} /bad ghosts/

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