扮死狗

Cantonese · source Jyutpingbaan6 sei2 gau2

Meanings

  1. to act as if one doesn't know something [colloquial]
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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

baan班baan1team板baan2boardbaan3—baan4—baan5—办baan6to do
seisei1—死sei2to die四sei3labourersei4—sei5—sei6—

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: ban4 si3 gou3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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baan6 sei2 gau2

Cantonese word readings for 扮死狗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity扮死狗 扮死狗 [ban4 si3 gou3] {baan6 sei2 gau2} /to act as if one doesn't know something [colloquial]/

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