橫街窄巷

简 横街窄巷 · 繁 橫街窄巷
Cantonese · source Jyutpingwaang4 gaai1 zaak3 hong6

Meanings

  1. the narrow street and alleyways
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Same syllable, six tones

waangwaang1—waang2—waang3—横waang4horizontalwaang5—waang6—
zaakzaak1—zaak2—责zaak3dutyzaak4—zaak5—择zaak6to select

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: heng2 jie1 zhai3 xiang4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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waang4 gaai1 zaak3 hong6

Cantonese word readings for 橫街窄巷. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

  1. (Cantonese) narrow streets and alleys

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Exact source record & identity橫街窄巷 横街窄巷 [heng2 jie1 zhai3 xiang4] {waang4 gaai1 zaak3 hong6} /the narrow street and alleyways/

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