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有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭

简有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫 · 繁有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjau5 ji3 zoi1 faa1 faa1 bat1 faat3 mou4 sam1 caap3 lau5 lau5 sing4 jam3

things do not always turn out as one would expect

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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

jau55 · low risingji33 · mid levelzoi11 · high levelfaa11 · high levelfaa11 · high levelbat11 · high levelchecked · -tfaat33 · mid levelchecked · -tmou44 · low fallingsam11 · high levelcaap33 · mid levelchecked · -plau55 · low risinglau55 · low risingsing44 · low fallingjam33 · mid level

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

Tone difference from Unihan

蔭 is read jam3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is jam1. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 蔭 jam3 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

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

ji衣ji1clothes 椅ji2chair 意ji3idea 兒ji4non-syllabic diminutive suffix 尔ji5thus 义ji6justice

zoi栽zoi1to grow 宰zoi2载zoi3to carryzoi4—zoi5—在zoi6at

faa花faa1flowerfaa2—化faa3to make intofaa4—faa5—faa6—

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

faatfaat1—faat2—发faat3to send outfaat4—faat5—faat6—

moumou1—mou2—mou3—无mou4not to have 武mou5martial 务mou6affair

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

caapcaap1—caap2—插caap3to insertcaap4—caap5—caap6—

lau搂lau1to wear over one's shoulder or head or facelau2—lau3—流lau4to flow 柳lau5willow 漏lau6to leak

sing星sing1star 醒sing2to wake up 圣sing3holy 城sing4city wallssing5—盛sing6flourishing

jam音jam1sound 饮jam2to drink 窨jam3a cellar 淫jam4excess 荏jam5Perilla ocimoides 任jam6to assign

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

有意栽花不發無心插柳成蔭发无荫

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

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: you3 yi4 zai1 hua1 hua1 bu4 fa1 , wu2 xin1 cha1 liu3 liu3 cheng2 yin4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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