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意興闌珊

简意兴阑珊 · 繁意興闌珊

Cantonese · source Jyutpingji3 hing3 laan4 saan1

to feel dispirited

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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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Reading & tones

ji33 · mid levelhing33 · mid levellaan44 · low fallingsaan11 · high level

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Tone difference from Unihan

興 is read hing3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is hing1. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 興 hing3 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

ji衣ji1clothes 椅ji2chair 意ji3idea 兒ji4non-syllabic diminutive suffix 尔ji5thus 义ji6justice

hing兴hing1to get uphing2—庆hing3to celebratehing4—胫hing5lower part of leghing6—

laanlaan1—laan2—laan3—兰laan4orchid 懒laan5lazy 烂laan6soft

saan删saan1to delete 馓saan2散saan3to scatter 孱saan4weaklingsaan5—saan6—

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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Written characters

意興闌珊兴阑

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: yi4 xing4 lan2 shan1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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ji3 hing3 laan4 saan1

Cantonese word readings for 意興闌珊. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

(idiomatic) completely unenthusiastic; dispirited

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