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搖尾乞憐

简摇尾乞怜 · 繁搖尾乞憐

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjiu4 mei5 hat1 lin4

literally: (dog) wag the tail and flatter, it is to describe people who need to fawn and be obsequious

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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 & tones

jiu44 · low fallingmei55 · low risinghat11 · high levelchecked · -tlin44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

jiu腰jiu1waist 扰jiu2to disturb 要jiu3important 搖jiu4to shake 绕jiu5to wind 耀jiu6brilliant

meimei1—mei2—mei3—微mei4tiny 美mei5beautiful 味mei6taste

hat乞hat1hat2—hat3—hat4—hat5—瞎hat6blind

linlin1—lin2—lin3—连lin4to link 撵lin5链lin6chain

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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Written characters

搖尾乞憐摇怜

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

搖尾乞憐 yáo wěi qǐ lián CC-CEDICT · Mandarinlit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom); fig. to fawn on sb; to bow and scrape; to grovel

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: yao2 wei3 qi3 lian2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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