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梁山伯與祝英台

简梁山伯与祝英台 · 繁梁山伯與祝英台

Cantonese · source Jyutpingloeng4 saan1 baak3 jyu5 zuk1 jing1 toi4

(noun) Liang Shan-Bo and Zhu Ying-Tai, who are the 2. main characters of the Butterfly Lovers, a Chinese legend of a tragic love story

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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

loeng44 · low fallingsaan11 · high levelbaak33 · mid levelchecked · -kjyu55 · low risingzuk11 · high levelchecked · -kjing11 · high leveltoi44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

loengloeng1—loeng2—loeng3—量loeng4to take a measurement 兩loeng5two 亮loeng6bright

saan删saan1to delete 馓saan2散saan3to scatter 孱saan4weaklingsaan5—saan6—

baak迫baak1baak2—百baak3hundredbaak4—baak5—白baak6white

jyu于jyu1in 伛jyu2hunchbacked 酗jyu3to become drunk and violent 鱼jyu4fish 语jyu5dialect 预jyu6to take part in

zuk足zuk1footzuk2—zuk3—zuk4—zuk5—族zuk6race

jing英jing1hero 影jing2picture 应jing3to answer 形jing4to appear 郢jing5認jing6to recognize

toi胎toi1fetustoi2—toi3—台toi4platform 怠toi5idletoi6—

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

梁山伯與祝英台与

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

梁山伯與祝英台 Liáng Shān bó yǔ Zhù Yīng tái CC-CEDICT · MandarinThe Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: liang2 shan1 bo2 yu3 zhu4 ying1 tai2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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The Butterfly Lovers of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai (a Chinese legend of a tragic love story of a pair of lovers)
(figurative) Romeo and Juliet (a pair of young lovers)

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