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沸

Cantonese · source Jyutpingfaak1#

to boil
bubble up
to gush
to surge

Cantonese · source Jyutpingfai3#

to boil
bubble up
to gush
to surge

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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

faak11 · high levelchecked · -k

fai33 · mid level

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Reading difference from Unihan

沸 has the reading faak1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is fai3. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 沸 faak1 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).

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Written characters

沸

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

沸 fèi CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto boil

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: fei4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 5 senses · 2 Cantonese readings