巖

Cantonese · source Jyutpingngaam4#

Meanings · ngaam4

  1. cliff
  2. rock
Cantonese · source Jyutpingjim4#

Meanings · jim4

  1. cliff
  2. rock
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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

ngaamngaam1—ngaam2—ngaam3—癌ngaam4malignancyngaam5—ngaam6—

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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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

  • 巖 yán CC-CEDICT · Mandarinvariant of 岩 yán

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: yan2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jim4 · ngaam4

Cantonese word readings for 巖. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
Source lines 27,663, 27,664 · Original publisher · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edition & transformations

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source records & identity巖 巖 [yan2] {ngaam4} /cliff/rock/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 9e8d716b8e1417a7fe515ab0ef5d863ea55810c1e2340df248e37078505c52f5

巖 巖 [yan2] {jim4} /cliff/rock/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: a1e832207ee1df839885d7b5f9f6592b7ad960c1fab4f80ce6bbd544dd443973