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激將法

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Cantonese · source Jyutpinggik1 zoeng3 faat3

reverse psychology

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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

gik11 · high levelchecked · -kzoeng33 · mid levelfaat33 · mid levelchecked · -t

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

Tone difference from Unihan

將 is read zoeng3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is zoeng1. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 將 zoeng3 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).

Same syllable, six tones

gik击gik1to hitgik2—gik3—gik4—gik5—极gik6extremely

zoeng张zoeng1to open up 奖zoeng2prize 账zoeng3accountzoeng4—zoeng5—象zoeng6elephant

faatfaat1—faat2—发faat3to send outfaat4—faat5—faat6—

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

激將法将

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

激將法 jī jiàng fǎ CC-CEDICT · Mandarinindirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ji1 jiang4 fa3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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