懶叻

简 懒叻 · 繁 懶叻
Cantonese · source Jyutpinglaan2 lek1

Meanings

  1. to act as if one is so smart [colloquial]
About these definitions

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

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Tone and syllable differences from Unihan

  • 懶 is read laan2 here; Unihan’s citation reading is laan5. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 懶 laan2 as its own entry.
  • 叻 has the reading lek1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is lak6. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 叻 lek1 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

laanlaan1—laan2—laan3—兰laan4orchid懒laan5lazy烂laan6soft
leklek1—lek2—lek3—lek4—lek5—坜lek6

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

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: lan3 le4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

laan2 lek1

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

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity懶叻 懒叻 [lan3 le4] {laan2 lek1} /to act as if one is so smart [colloquial]/

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