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Cantonese · source Jyutpinglau4#

Cantonese · source Jyutpinglau2#

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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

lau44 · low falling

lau22 · high rising

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

Same syllable, six tones

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

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

樓楼

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

樓 Lóu CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsurname Lou
樓 lóu CC-CEDICT · Mandarinhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; Classifier: 層 céng, 座 zuò, 棟 dòng

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: lou2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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