後台硬朗

简 后台硬朗 · 繁 後台硬朗
Cantonese · source Jyutpinghau6 toi4 ngaang6 long5

Meanings

  1. someone who has powerful
  2. influential figures to back them up [colloquial]
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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

ngaangngaang1—ngaang2—ngaang3—ngaang4—ngaang5—硬ngaang6hard

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: hou4tai2 ying4lang5. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Exact source record & identity後台硬朗 后台硬朗 [hou4tai2 ying4lang5] {hau6 toi4 ngaang6 long5} /someone who has powerful / influential figures to back them up [colloquial]/

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