帶眼識人

简 带眼识人 · 繁 帶眼識人
Cantonese · source Jyutpingdaai3 ngaan5 sik1 jan4

Meanings

  1. a phrase used for advising others to be careful in getting to know or dealing with people
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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

daaidaai1—歹daai2bad带daai3banddaai4—daai5—大daai6
ngaanngaan1—ngaan2—ngaan3—颜ngaan4color眼ngaan5eye雁ngaan6wild goose
sik色sik1colorsik2—sik3—sik4—sik5—食sik6to eat

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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daai3 ngaan5 sik1 jan4

Cantonese word readings for 帶眼識人. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

  1. (Cantonese) to see clearly whether others are a good or bad people; to decide whether someone is a good person or not

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Exact source record & identity帶眼識人 带眼识人 [dai4 yan3 shi2 ren2] {daai3 ngaan5 sik1 jan4} /a phrase used for advising others to be careful in getting to know or dealing with people/

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