大食懶

简 大食懒 · 繁 大食懶
Cantonese · source Jyutpingdaai6 sik6 laan5

Meanings

  1. (noun) lazybones; a loafer
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Same syllable, six tones

daaidaai1—歹daai2bad带daai3banddaai4—daai5—大daai6
sik色sik1colorsik2—sik3—sik4—sik5—食sik6to eat
laanlaan1—laan2—laan3—兰laan4orchid懒laan5lazy烂laan6soft

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 shi2 lan3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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daai6 sik6 laan5

Cantonese word readings for 大食懶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

  1. (Cantonese) lazybones; lazy person

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Exact source record & identity大食懶 大食懒 [Da4 shi2 lan3] {daai6 sik6 laan5} /(noun) lazybones; a loafer/

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