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寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻

简宁教人打仔，莫教人分妻 · 繁寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻

Cantonese · source Jyutpingning4 gaau3 jan4 daa2 zai2 mok6 gaau3 jan4 fan1 cai1

rather teach others to hit their children, and not persuade others to divorce, it means it is better to teach others to teach their children well, instead of persuade others to get a divorce and break the family apart

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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

ning44 · low fallinggaau33 · mid leveljan44 · low fallingdaa22 · high risingzai22 · high risingmok66 · low levelchecked · -kgaau33 · mid leveljan44 · low fallingfan11 · high levelcai11 · high level

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

Same syllable, six tones

ningning1—ning2—ning3—宁ning4peacefulning5—拧ning6to pinch

gaau交gaau1to hand over 搞gaau2to do 教gaau3religiongaau4—gaau5—gaau6—

jan因jan1cause 隐jan2secret 印jan3to print 人jan4man 引jan5to seduce or tempt 孕jan6pregnant

daadaa1—打daa2to beatdaa3—daa4—daa5—daa6—

zai剂zai1dose 仔zai2young 制zai3to manufacturezai4—zai5—滞zai6sluggish

mok剥mok1to peelmok2—mok3—mok4—mok5—莫mok6do not

fan分fan1to divide 粉fan2powder 训fan3to teach 焚fan4to burn 奋fan5to exert oneself 份fan6classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers…

cai妻cai1wifecai2—砌cai3to build by laying bricks or stones 齐cai4neat 荠cai5shepherd's pursecai6—

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

寧教人打仔莫分妻宁

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ning2 jiao4 ren2 da3 zai3 , mo4 jiao4 ren2 fen1 qi1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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