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清白

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcing1 baak6

(adjective) Cleared (= not guilty)

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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

cing11 · high levelbaak66 · low levelchecked · -k

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Same syllable, six tones

cing清cing1clear 請cing2to ask 秤cing3steelyard 情cing4feelingcing5—cing6—

baak迫baak1baak2—百baak3hundredbaak4—baak5—白baak6white

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

清白

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

清白 qīng bái CC-CEDICT · Mandarinpure; innocent

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: qing1 bai2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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