大檸樂

简 大柠乐 · 繁 大檸樂
Cantonese · source Jyutpingdaai6 ning4 lok6

Meanings

  1. big trouble
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Same syllable, six tones

daaidaai1—歹daai2bad带daai3banddaai4—daai5—大daai6
ningning1—ning2—ning3—宁ning4peacefulning5—拧ning6to pinch
loklok1—lok2—络lok3net-likelok4—lok5—樂lok6happy

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: da4 ning2 le4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 ling2 lok6

Cantonese word readings for 大檸樂. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

  1. (Cantonese) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大, 檸樂 /柠乐 (ning⁴⁻² lok⁶). A large cup of lemon Cola.
  2. (Cantonese, minced oath, slang) to be in great trouble

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Exact source record & identity大檸樂 大柠乐 [da4 ning2 le4] {daai6 ning4 lok6} /big trouble/

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