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浮光掠影

Cantonese · source Jyutpingfau4 gwong1 loek6 jing2

skimming over the surface; evanescent; cursory; superficial

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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

fau44 · low fallinggwong11 · high levelloek66 · low levelchecked · -kjing22 · high rising

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

Same syllable, six tones

faufau1—否fau2to negatefau3—蜉fau4a mayflyfau5—阜fau6abundant

gwong光gwong1light 广gwong2wide 桄gwong3a woven wood and bamboo utensilgwong4—gwong5—gwong6—

loekloek1—loek2—loek3—loek4—loek5—略loek6plan

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

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

浮光掠影

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

浮光掠影 fú guāng lüè yǐng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinflickering light and passing shadows (idiom); blurred scenery; cursory; superficial

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: fu2 guang1 lve4 ying3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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