紅鬚綠眼

简 红须绿眼 · 繁 紅鬚綠眼
Cantonese · source Jyutpinghung4 sou1 luk6 ngaan5

Meanings

  1. foreigner (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

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Same syllable, six tones

luk碌luk1laboriousluk2—luk3—luk4—luk5—录luk6diary
ngaanngaan1—ngaan2—ngaan3—颜ngaan4color眼ngaan5eye雁ngaan6wild goose

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: hong2 xu1 lv4 yan3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hung4 sou1 luk6 ngaan5

Cantonese word readings for 紅鬚綠眼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity紅鬚綠眼 红须绿眼 [hong2 xu1 lv4 yan3] {hung4 sou1 luk6 ngaan5} /foreigner (slang)/

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