牙齒當金使
简 牙齿当金使 · 繁 牙齒當金使Meanings
- (slang) one will put their words into actions; one will do what as they said; implying that someone is trustworthy, trusty and reliable; to describe where one's words are as good as gold
About these definitions
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.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Tone and syllable differences from Unihan
- 當 is read dong3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is dong1. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 當 dong3 as its own entry.
- 使 has the reading sai2 here; Unihan’s citation reading is si2. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 使 sai2 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
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.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ya2 chi3 dang1 jin1 shi3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ngaa4 ci2 dong3 gam1 sai2
Cantonese word readings for 牙齒當金使. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
phrase
- (Cantonese) to be reliable; to be trustworthy; to keep one's word
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