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孿生兄弟

简孪生兄弟 · 繁孿生兄弟

Cantonese · source Jyutpinglyun4 saang1 hing1 dai6

Twin brothers

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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

lyun44 · low fallingsaang11 · high levelhing11 · high leveldai66 · low level

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Reading difference from Unihan

生 has the reading saang1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is sang1. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 生 saang1 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

lyunlyun1—恋lyun2to feel attached tolyun3—联lyun4to ally 脔lyun5skinny 乱lyun6in confusion or disorder

saangsaang1—省saang2to savesaang3—saang4—saang5—saang6—

hing兴hing1to get uphing2—庆hing3to celebratehing4—胫hing5lower part of leghing6—

dai䃅dai1A stone that can be used to make black dye 底dai2background 帝dai3emperordai4—dai5—弟dai6younger brother

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

孿生兄弟孪

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

孿生兄弟 luán shēng xiōng dì CC-CEDICT · Mandarintwin brothers

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: luan2 sheng1 xiong1 di4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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noun

twin brothers

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