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小別勝新婚

简小别胜新婚 · 繁小別勝新婚

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsiu2 bit6 sing3 san1 fan1

absence makes the heart grow fonder

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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

siu22 · high risingbit66 · low levelchecked · -tsing33 · mid levelsan11 · high levelfan11 · high level

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Same syllable, six tones

siu消siu1to disappear 小siu2small 笑siu3laugh 韶siu4excellentsiu5—肇siu6at first

bit必bit1Surelybit2—憋bit3to chokebit4—bit5—别bit6to leave

sing星sing1star 醒sing2to wake up 圣sing3holy 城sing4city wallssing5—盛sing6flourishing

san新san1newsan2—san3—神san4deity 肾san5dim-witted 慎san6careful

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

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

小別勝新婚别胜

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

小別勝新婚 xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinreunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom); absence makes the heart grow fonder

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: xiao3 bie2 sheng4 xin1 hun1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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