手疾眼快

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsau2 zat6 ngaan5 faai3

Meanings

  1. fast actions and quick eyes
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Same syllable, six tones

zat质zat1characterzat2—zat3—zat4—zat5—疾zat6sickness
ngaanngaan1—ngaan2—ngaan3—颜ngaan4color眼ngaan5eye雁ngaan6wild goose
faaifaai1—faai2—块faai3lumpfaai4—faai5—faai6—

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-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: shou3 ji2 yan3 kuai4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau2 zat6 ngaan5 faai3

Cantonese word readings for 手疾眼快. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source record & identity手疾眼快 手疾眼快 [shou3 ji2 yan3 kuai4] {sau2 zat6 ngaan5 faai3} /fast actions and quick eyes/

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