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破爛

简破烂 · 繁破爛

Cantonese · source Jyutpingpo3 laan6

(adjective) Broken

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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

po33 · mid levellaan66 · low level

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

Same syllable, six tones

po坡po1slope 颇po2rather 破po3broken 婆po4grandmotherpo5—po6—

laanlaan1—laan2—laan3—兰laan4orchid 懒laan5lazy 烂laan6soft

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

破爛烂

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

破爛 pò làn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinworn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: po4 lan4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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