拚死無大害

简 拚死无大害 · 繁 拚死無大害
Cantonese · source Jyutpingping3 sei2 mou4 daai6 hoi6

Meanings

  1. to do everything one can, even if it costs one's life, because one has nothing left to lose
  2. fear; to be all in
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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 difference from Unihan

  • 拚 has the reading ping3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is pun3. Different syllable across these source readings.

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

ping砰ping1bangping2—聘ping3to engage平ping4flatping5—ping6—
seisei1—死sei2to die四sei3labourersei4—sei5—sei6—
daaidaai1—歹daai2bad带daai3banddaai4—daai5—大daai6

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: pan4 si3 wu2 da4 hai4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pun2 sei2 mou4 daai6 hoi6

Cantonese word readings for 拚死無大害. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity拚死無大害 拚死无大害 [pan4 si3 wu2 da4 hai4] {ping3 sei2 mou4 daai6 hoi6} /to do everything one can, even if it costs one's life, because one has nothing left to lose/ fear; to be all in/

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