打壞

简 打坏 · 繁 打壞
Cantonese · source Jyutpingdaa2 waai6

Meanings

  1. to break; a term used to describe the feeble or deformed state of the body (literally: used bad
  2. messed up seed while breeding)
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Same syllable, six tones

daadaa1—打daa2to beatdaa3—daa4—daa5—daa6—
waai歪waai1askewwaai2—waai3—怀waai4bosomwaai5—坏waai6bad

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: da3 huai4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daa2 waai2

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

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verb · Etymology 1

  1. to damage; to destroy

noun · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese) sickly and feeble person; somebody who has a deformed body (Classifier: 個/个 c)

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Exact source record & identity打壞 打坏 [da3 huai4] {daa2 waai6} /to break; a term used to describe the feeble or deformed state of the body (literally: used bad / messed up seed while breeding)/

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