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文不對題

简文不对题 · 繁文不對題

Cantonese · source Jyutpingman4 bat1 deoi3 tai4

irrelevant; misfire; wide of the mark; totally missing the point

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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

man44 · low fallingbat11 · high levelchecked · -tdeoi33 · mid leveltai44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

man蚊man1mosquitoman2—man3—文man4language 吻man5kiss 问man6to ask

bat不bat1notbat2—bat3—bat4—bat5—拔bat6to pull up

deoi堆deoi1to pile updeoi2—对deoi3rightdeoi4—deoi5—隊deoi6squadron

tai梯tai1ladder 体tai2body 替tai3to substitute for 提tai4to carry 娣tai5wife of a younger brothertai6—

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

文不對題对题

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

文不對題 wén bù duì tí CC-CEDICT · Mandarinirrelevant; beside the point

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: wen2 bu4 dui4 ti2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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man4 bat1 deoi3 tai4

Cantonese word readings for 文不對題. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

(of writing or speech) to be beside the point; to be off-topic; to be irrelevant to the subject

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