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現金是皇帝

简现金是皇帝 · 繁現金是皇帝

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjin6 gam1 si6 wong4 dai3

cash is king [written]

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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

jin66 · low levelgam11 · high levelsi66 · low levelwong44 · low fallingdai33 · mid level

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

Same syllable, six tones

jin烟jin1cigarette or pipe tobacco 演jin2to develop 宴jin3a feast 言jin4words 沇jin5现jin6to appear

gam金gam1gold 感gam2Get a cold 禁gam3to prohibitgam4—gam5—揿gam6to press

si斯si1this 史si2history 试si3to test 时si4o'clock 市si5market 事si6matter

wong汪wong1expanse of water 枉wong2to twistwong3—黄wong4yellow 往wong5旺wong6prosperous

dai䃅dai1A stone that can be used to make black dye 底dai2background 帝dai3emperordai4—dai5—弟dai6younger brother

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

現金是皇帝现

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: xian4jin1 shi4 huang2di4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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