恨不相逢未嫁時

简 恨不相逢未嫁时 · 繁 恨不相逢未嫁時
Cantonese · source Jyutpinghan6 bat1 soeng1 fung4 mei6 gaa3 si4

Meanings

  1. wishing to meet one's true lover before one's marriage
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Same syllable, six tones

bat不bat1notbat2—bat3—bat4—bat5—拔bat6to pull up

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: hen4 bu4 xiang1 feng2 wei4 jia4 shi2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

han6 bat1 soeng1 fung4 mei6 gaa3 si4

Cantonese word readings for 恨不相逢未嫁時. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) regret meeting a true lover only after one's marriage; What a pity that we didn't meet before you and I were married!

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Exact source record & identity恨不相逢未嫁時 恨不相逢未嫁时 [hen4 bu4 xiang1 feng2 wei4 jia4 shi2] {han6 bat1 soeng1 fung4 mei6 gaa3 si4} /wishing to meet one's true lover before one's marriage/

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