翕眼

Cantonese · source Jyutpinghap1 ngaan5

Meanings

  1. blinking eyes; blink of an eye; wink
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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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Reading difference from Unihan

  • 翕 has the reading hap1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is jap1. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 翕 hap1 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

hap恰hap1teasehap2—hap3—hap4—hap5—合hap6to close
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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Written characters

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: xi1 yan3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jap1 ngaan5

Cantonese word readings for 翕眼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity翕眼 翕眼 [xi1 yan3] {hap1 ngaan5} /blinking eyes; blink of an eye; wink/

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