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流

Cantonese · source Jyutpinglau4#

(slang) 1. fake; 2. inferior 3. Phoney

Cantonese · source Jyutpinglau4#

to flow
to disseminate
to circulate or spread
to move or drift
to degenerate
to banish or send into exile
stream of water or sth resembling one
class, rate or grade
fake
false
inferior
unreal
without status
influence
name of a triad poem used as a way to identify someone as a triad member

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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

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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

流

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

流 liú CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: liu2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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