得閒

简 得闲 · 繁 得閒
Cantonese · source Jyutpingdak1 haan4

Meanings

  1. (adjective) to have spare time; to be free; to be available; to be at leisure
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Same syllable, six tones

dak德dak1virtuedak2—dak3—dak4—dak5—特dak6special
haan悭haan1stingyhaan2—haan3—闲haan4idlehaan5—限haan6limit

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: de2 xian2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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dak1 haan4

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

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verb

  1. (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese) to have the time; to be available; to have extra free time

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Exact source record & identity得閒 得闲 [de2 xian2] {dak1 haan4} /(adjective) to have spare time; to be free; to be available; to be at leisure/

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