大眼雞

简 大眼鸡 · 繁 大眼雞
Cantonese · source Jyutpingdaai6 ngaan5 gai1

Meanings

  1. a type of fish; a sailing junk
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Same syllable, six tones

daaidaai1—歹daai2bad带daai3banddaai4—daai5—大daai6
ngaanngaan1—ngaan2—ngaan3—颜ngaan4color眼ngaan5eye雁ngaan6wild goose
gai鸡gai1fowlgai2—计gai3to calculategai4—gai5—gai6—

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 yan3 ji1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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daai6 ngaan5 gai1

Cantonese word readings for 大眼雞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

  1. (Cantonese) Priacanthus macracanthus; red bigeye
  2. (Cantonese) a type of Chinese junk
  3. (informal) front-load washing machine

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Exact source record & identity大眼雞 大眼鸡 [da4 yan3 ji1] {daai6 ngaan5 gai1} /a type of fish; a sailing junk/

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