神台桔

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsan4 toi4 gat1

Meanings

  1. (analogy) someone is getting haggard, and slowly frail
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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

gat吉gat1luckygat2—gat3—gat4—gat5—gat6—

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: shen2 tai2 ju2. 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神台桔 神台桔 [shen2 tai2 ju2] {san4 toi4 gat1} /(analogy) someone is getting haggard, and slowly frail/

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