攝位

简 摄位 · 繁 攝位
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsip3 wai2

Meanings

  1. to be in an uninvited position (in a group photo or a group conversation)
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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

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Tone difference from Unihan

  • 位 is read wai2 here; Unihan’s citation reading is wai6. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 位 wai2 as its own entry.

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

sipsip1—sip2—摄sip3to take insip4—sip5—sip6—

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: she4 wei4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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sip3 wai2

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

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

verb · Etymology 1

  1. (literary) to act as regent

verb · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese) to squeeze into a queue, seat, place, etc.

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Exact source record & identity攝位 摄位 [she4 wei4] {sip3 wai2} /to be in an uninvited position (in a group photo or a group conversation)/

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