忙裏偷閒

简 忙里偷闲 · 繁 忙裏偷閒
Cantonese · source Jyutpingmong4 leoi5 tau1 haan4

Meanings

  1. steal a little leisure from the rush of business
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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

leoileoi1—leoi2—leoi3—雷leoi4thunder旅leoi5trip类leoi6kind
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: mang2 li3 tou1 xian2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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mong4 leoi5 tau1 haan4

Cantonese word readings for 忙裏偷閒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity忙裏偷閒 忙里偷闲 [mang2 li3 tou1 xian2] {mong4 leoi5 tau1 haan4} /steal a little leisure from the rush of business/

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