白鬚公

简 白须公 · 繁 白鬚公
Cantonese · source Jyutpingbaak6 sou1 gung1

Meanings

  1. old people; white beard elderly
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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

baak迫baak1baak2—百baak3hundredbaak4—baak5—白baak6white

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: bai2 xu1 gong1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity白鬚公 白须公 [bai2 xu1 gong1] {baak6 sou1 gung1} /old people; white beard elderly/

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