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多不勝數

简多不胜数 · 繁多不勝數

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdo1 bat1 sing1 sou3

so many that it is impossible to count

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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

do11 · high levelbat11 · high levelchecked · -tsing11 · high levelsou33 · mid level

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

Tone difference from Unihan

勝 is read sing1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is sing3. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 勝 sing1 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

do多do1many 朵do2flowerdo3—do4—do5—堕do6to fall

bat不bat1notbat2—bat3—bat4—bat5—拔bat6to pull up

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

sou苏sou1Perilla frutescens 嫂sou2older brother's wife 數sou3numbersou4—sou5—sou6—

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

多不勝數胜数

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: duo1 bu4 sheng4 shu3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

do1 bat1 sing1 sou2

Cantonese word readings for 多不勝數. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

(idiomatic) too numerous to count

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