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曹操都有知心友，關公亦有對頭人

简曹操都有知心友，关公亦有对头人 · 繁曹操都有知心友，關公亦有對頭人

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcou4 cou1 dou1 jau5 zi1 sam1 jau5 gwaan1 gung1 jik6 jau5 deoi3 tau4 jan4

there will always be supporters and opponents to someone no matter what their personality is

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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

cou44 · low fallingcou11 · high leveldou11 · high leveljau55 · low risingzi11 · high levelsam11 · high leveljau55 · low risinggwaan11 · high levelgung11 · high leveljik66 · low levelchecked · -kjau55 · low risingdeoi33 · mid leveltau44 · low fallingjan44 · low falling

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

Same syllable, six tones

cou操cou1to grasp 草cou2grass 噪cou3the chirping of birds or insects 槽cou4troughcou5—cou6—

dou都dou1all 倒dou2to pour 到dou3todou4—dou5—道dou6direction

jau优jau1excellent 糗jau2dry rations 幼jau3young 油jau4oil 有jau5to have 右jau6right

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

sam心sam1heart 审sam2to examine 沁sam3to seep 忱sam4sinceritysam5—甚sam6what

gwaan关gwaan1mountain passgwaan2—惯gwaan3accustomed togwaan4—gwaan5—gwaan6—

gung公gung1head of a gang or mafia 拱gung2to cup one's hands in salute 贡gung3wander around with no aimgung4—gung5—共gung6common

jik益jik1benefitjik2—jik3—jik4—jik5—液jik6liquid

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

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

jan因jan1cause 隐jan2secret 印jan3to print 人jan4man 引jan5to seduce or tempt 孕jan6pregnant

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

曹操都有知心友關公亦對頭人关对头

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: Cao2 Cao1 dou1 you3 zhi1 xin1 you3 , Guan1 gong1 yi4 you3 dui4 tou5 ren2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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