敦款

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdeon1 fun2

Meanings

  1. verb; to exceed one's station, to put on airs, to boast or exagerrate one's status
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Same syllable, six tones

deon敦deon1kindhearteddeon2—deon3—deon4—deon5—顿deon6to stop
fun宽fun1lenient款fun2sectionfun3—fun4—fun5—fun6—

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: dun1 kuan3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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deon1 fun2

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

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Exact source record & identity敦款 敦款 [dun1 kuan3] {deon1 fun2} /verb; to exceed one's station, to put on airs, to boast or exagerrate one's status/

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