爛命一條

简 烂命一条 · 繁 爛命一條
Cantonese · source Jyutpinglaan6 meng6 jat1 tiu4

Meanings

  1. an unworthy life with nothing to lose [colloquial]
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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

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Reading difference from Unihan

  • 命 has the reading meng6 here; Unihan’s citation reading is ming6. Different syllable across these source readings.

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

laanlaan1—laan2—laan3—兰laan4orchid懒laan5lazy烂laan6soft
mengmeng1—meng2—meng3—meng4—茗meng5meng6—
jat一jat1onejat2—jat3—jat4—jat5—日jat6sun

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

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: lan4 ming4 yi1 tiao2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

laan6 meng6 jat1 tiu4

Cantonese word readings for 爛命一條. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity爛命一條 烂命一条 [lan4 ming4 yi1 tiao2] {laan6 meng6 jat1 tiu4} /an unworthy life with nothing to lose [colloquial]/

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