明瓦

Cantonese · source Jyutpingming4 ngaa5

Meanings

  1. a type of roof tiles made from clamshell polished into squared shapes with four rounded corners
  2. name of a fiction book in China
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Same syllable, six tones

mingming1—ming2—ming3—明ming4bright酩ming5drunk命ming6

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: ming2 wa3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity明瓦 明瓦 [ming2 wa3] {ming4 ngaa5} /a type of roof tiles made from clamshell polished into squared shapes with four rounded corners/name of a fiction book in China/

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