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斬雞頭燒黄紙

简斩鸡头烧黄纸 · 繁斬雞頭燒黄紙

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzaam2 gai1 tau4 siu1 wong4 zi2

to swear an oath and become sworn brothers (colloquial)

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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

zaam22 · high risinggai11 · high leveltau44 · low fallingsiu11 · high levelwong44 · low fallingzi22 · high rising

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Same syllable, six tones

zaam簪zaam1hairpin 斩zaam2to behead 湛zaam3deepzaam4—zaam5—站zaam6station

gai鸡gai1fowlgai2—计gai3to calculategai4—gai5—gai6—

tau偷tau1to stealtau2—透tau3to penetrate 头tau4headtau5—tau6—

siu消siu1to disappear 小siu2small 笑siu3laugh 韶siu4excellentsiu5—肇siu6at first

wong汪wong1expanse of water 枉wong2to twistwong3—黄wong4yellow 往wong5旺wong6prosperous

zi之zi1…子zi2son 志zi3signzi4—zi5—自zi6from

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

斬雞頭燒黄紙斩鸡头烧纸

Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: zhan3 ji1tou2 shao1 huang2 zhi3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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