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算盤子

简算盘子 · 繁算盤子

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsyun3 pun4 zi2

Glochidion puberum (abacus plant); yam abacus seeds
abacus beads, an an auspicious Hakka dish

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syun33 · mid levelpun44 · low fallingzi22 · high rising

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Same syllable, six tones

syun酸syun1sour 选syun2to choose 算syun3to regard as 旋syun4to revolve 吮syun5to suck 篆syun6seal

pun潘pun1Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermespun2—判pun3to judge 盘pun4boardpun5—pun6—

zi之zi1…子zi2son 志zi3signzi4—zi5—自zi6from

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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算盤子盘

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: suan4 pan2 zi3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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syun3 pun4 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 算盤子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun · Etymology 1

abacus bead
Glochidion puberum, especially its fruit
(Guangxi Mandarin, Northern Pinghua, Pingxiang Gan, Sanxiang Min) Adam's apple (lump in the throat)
abacus seeds; abacus beads (a Hakka dish made with taro)
(Puxian Min) joint protrusions of the spine
(Putian Puxian Min) finger ring with dotted patterns

noun · Etymology 2

(dialectal) abacus

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