癌病

Cantonese · source Jyutpingngaam4 beng6

Meanings

  1. (disease) cancer
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Same syllable, six tones

ngaamngaam1—ngaam2—ngaam3—癌ngaam4malignancyngaam5—ngaam6—

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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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ai2 bing4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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noun

  1. (chiefly Cantonese, Southern Min) cancer (disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo proliferation)

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Exact source record & identity癌病 癌病 [ai2 bing4] {ngaam4 beng6} /(disease) cancer/

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