潤

简 润 · 繁 潤
Cantonese · source Jyutpingjeon6#

Meanings · jeon6

  1. (Cantonese)
  2. to mock
  3. to make fun of
Cantonese · source Jyutpingjeon6#

Meanings · jeon6

  1. to moisten
  2. to lubricate
  3. to embellish
  4. moist
  5. glossy
  6. sleek
  7. to touch up
  8. profit
  9. returns
  10. to make fun of someone
  11. to laugh at someone
  12. remuneration
  13. to give a little benefit to someone
  14. to provoke
  15. to enrich
  16. to behave arrogantly
  17. to display disrespect to
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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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Same syllable, six tones

jeonjeon1—jeon2—jeon3—jeon4—jeon5—润jeon6to moisten

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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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

  • 潤 rùn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinmoist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance; profit; remuneration; (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions)

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: run4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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jeon6

Cantonese word readings for 潤. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

  1. wet; moist; damp
  2. sleek; glossy
  3. to moisten; to wet; to dampen
  4. to polish (a piece of writing, etc.); to touch up; to embellish; to enrich
  5. profit (excess of revenue over cost)
  6. (Cantonese) to ridicule; to tease; to make fun of

character · Etymology 2

  1. (neologism, Mainland China, Internet slang) to run away; to flee
  2. (neologism, Mainland China, Internet slang) to emigrate, usually in the context of leaving (running away from) mainland China

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Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source records & identity潤 润 [run4] {jeon6} /(Cantonese)/to mock/to make fun of/

SHA-256: 522157a0878692254ee54a76d6d23c0f54a3fa685ee939a12d7683796fbabe19

潤 润 [run4] {jeon6} /to moisten/to lubricate/to embellish/moist/glossy/sleek/to touch up/profit/returns/to make fun of someone/to laugh at someone/remuneration/to give a little benefit to someone/to provoke/to enrich/to behave arrogantly/to display disrespect to/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 799a4799bd07a6f7106e323a0729c3bfa16764842da38577ef55f85f69ed6022