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義正詞嚴

简义正词严 · 繁義正詞嚴

Cantonese · source Jyutpingji6 zing3 ci4 jim4

To speak sternly out of a sense of righteousness

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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

ji66 · low levelzing33 · mid levelci44 · low fallingjim44 · low falling

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

Same syllable, six tones

ji衣ji1clothes 椅ji2chair 意ji3idea 兒ji4non-syllabic diminutive suffix 尔ji5thus 义ji6justice

zing精zing1essence 整zing2exactly 正zing3straightzing4—zing5—静zing6still

ci雌ci1female 齿ci2tooth 次ci3next in sequence 词ci4word 似ci5seems as ifci6—

jim淹jim1to flood 掩jim2to cover up 厌jim3to loathe 炎jim4flame 染jim5to dye 验jim6to examine

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

義正詞嚴义词严

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

義正詞嚴 yì zhèng cí yán CC-CEDICT · Mandarinvariant of 義正辭嚴 yì zhèng cí yán

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: yi4 zheng4 ci2 yan2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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