荷蘭水蓋
简 荷兰水盖 · 繁 荷蘭水蓋Meanings
- (n.) a metal bottle soda cap (from the 60s); a humourous way to refer to a medal or an order of merit
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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.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Tone and syllable differences from Unihan
- 蘭 is read laan1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is laan4. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings.
- 蓋 has the reading goi3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is koi3. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 蓋 goi3 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
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.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: He2 lan2 shui3 gai4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ho4 laan1 seoi2 goi3
Cantonese word readings for 荷蘭水蓋. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
noun
- (Cantonese, literally) soft drink bottle cap; crown cork
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, dated, humorous) medal; badge (due to the resemblance of appearance between a soft drink lid and a medal)
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