天跌落嚟當被冚
简 天跌落嚟当被冚 · 繁 天跌落嚟當被冚Meanings
- describes the attitude of taking it easy and following the flow of life, to not worry too much; literally 'use the falling sky as a blanket'
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.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Tone and syllable differences from Unihan
- 嚟 has the reading lei4 here; Unihan’s citation reading is lai4. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 嚟 lei4 as its own entry.
- 當 is read dong3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is dong1. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 當 dong3 as its own entry.
- 被 has the reading pei5 here; Unihan’s citation reading is bei6. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 被 pei5 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
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.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: tian1 die1 luo4 li2 dang1 bei4 ka4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tin1 dit3 lok6 lai4 dong3 pei5 kam2
Cantonese word readings for 天跌落嚟當被冚. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
proverb
- (Cantonese, hyperbolic) to be optimistic no matter the circumstances
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