打雀咁眼

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdaa2 zoek3 gam2 ngaan5

Meanings

  1. to look intently and fixatedly; looking with concentration; gawking [colloquial]
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Same syllable, six tones

daadaa1—打daa2to beatdaa3—daa4—daa5—daa6—
ngaanngaan1—ngaan2—ngaan3—颜ngaan4color眼ngaan5eye雁ngaan6wild goose

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 que4 gan1 yan3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity打雀咁眼 打雀咁眼 [da3 que4 gan1 yan3] {daa2 zoek3 gam2 ngaan5} /to look intently and fixatedly; looking with concentration; gawking [colloquial]/

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