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皇帝唔急太監急

简皇帝唔急太监急 · 繁皇帝唔急太監急

Cantonese · source Jyutpingwong4 dai3 m4 gap1 taai3 gaam3 gap1

the one in-charge is not in panic, while all other subordinates are (slang)

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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

wong44 · low fallingdai33 · mid levelm44 · low fallinggap11 · high levelchecked · -ptaai33 · mid levelgaam33 · mid levelgap11 · high levelchecked · -p

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Tone difference from Unihan

監 is read gaam3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is gaam1. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 監 gaam3 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

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

mm1—呣m2m3—唔m4notm5—m6—

gap急gap1an urge to urinate or excretegap2—鸽gap3pigeongap4—gap5—gap6—

taai呔taai1tiretaai2—太taai3Great-grandtaai4—taai5—taai6—

gaam监gaam1hard 减gaam2鉴gaam3gaam4—gaam5—gaam6—

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

皇帝唔急太監监

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: huang2 di4 n2 ji2 tai4 jian1 ji2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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wong4 dai3 m4 gap1 taai3 gaam3 gap1

Cantonese word readings for 皇帝唔急太監急. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(figurative) The person involved is calm and collected, but observers are very worried.

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