膝頭大過髀

简 膝头大过髀 · 繁 膝頭大過髀
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsat1 tau4 daai6 gwo3 bei2

Meanings

  1. the knee to be bigger than the thigh, to describe very thin legs, normally as a result of illness, commonly used as a way to curse people
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Same syllable, six tones

sat失sat1to losesat2—sat3—sat4—sat5—實sat6real
daaidaai1—歹daai2bad带daai3banddaai4—daai5—大daai6

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: xi1 tou5 da4 guo4 bi4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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sat1 tau4 daai6 gwo3 bei2

Cantonese word readings for 膝頭大過髀. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity膝頭大過髀 膝头大过髀 [xi1 tou5 da4 guo4 bi4] {sat1 tau4 daai6 gwo3 bei2} /the knee to be bigger than the thigh, to describe very thin legs, normally as a result of illness, commonly used as a way to curse people/

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