尖頭佬

简 尖头佬 · 繁 尖頭佬
Cantonese · source Jyutpingzim1 tau4 lou2

Meanings

  1. noun; man who is good at speculating and secures personal gain
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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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Same syllable, six tones

zim尖zim1point飐zim2zim3—zim4—zim5—渐zim6gradual

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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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: jian1 tou2 lao3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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zim1 tau4 lou2

Cantonese word readings for 尖頭佬. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity尖頭佬 尖头佬 [jian1 tou2 lao3] {zim1 tau4 lou2} /noun; man who is good at speculating and secures personal gain/

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