失魂魚

简 失魂鱼 · 繁 失魂魚
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsat1 wan4 jyu2

Meanings

  1. (slang) to describe someone is who is absentminded, scatterbrained and lost in thought; an inattentive person
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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

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Tone difference from Unihan

  • 魚 is read jyu2 here; Unihan’s citation reading is jyu4. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 魚 jyu2 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

sat失sat1to losesat2—sat3—sat4—sat5—實sat6real

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

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: shi1 hun2 yu2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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sat1 wan4 jyu2

Cantonese word readings for 失魂魚. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity失魂魚 失魂鱼 [shi1 hun2 yu2] {sat1 wan4 jyu2} /(slang) to describe someone is who is absentminded, scatterbrained and lost in thought; an inattentive person/

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