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現金緊拙

简现金紧拙 · 繁現金緊拙

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjin6 gam1 gan2 zyut3

to be short of cash [written and 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

jin66 · low levelgam11 · high levelgan22 · high risingzyut33 · mid levelchecked · -t

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

gan根gan1root 紧gan2tight 艮gan3bluntgan4—gan5—近gan6near

zyutzyut1—zyut2—拙zyut3awkwardzyut4—zyut5—绝zyut6to cut short

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

現金緊拙现紧

Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: xian4jin1 jin3 zhuo1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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