落閘放狗

简 落闸放狗 · 繁 落閘放狗
Cantonese · source Jyutpinglok6 zaap6 fong3 gau2

Meanings

  1. (to close the gate and unleash the dogs to ward off burglars); to express that a place is closed and visitors are not welcome; a phrase used for telling coworkers that it's time to lock up soon so that they should hurry and finish what they are doing; a phrase used to warn those who come asking for trouble to watch out and be careful of their actions
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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

loklok1—lok2—络lok3net-likelok4—lok5—樂lok6happy
zaapzaap1—zaap2—砸zaap3to smashzaap4—zaap5—集zaap6to gather

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: luo4 zha2 fang4 gou3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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lok6 zaap6 fong3 gau2

Cantonese word readings for 落閘放狗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity落閘放狗 落闸放狗 [luo4 zha2 fang4 gou3] {lok6 zaap6 fong3 gau2} /(to close the gate and unleash the dogs to ward off burglars); to express that a place is closed and visitors are not welcome; a phrase used for telling coworkers that it's time to lock up soon so that they should hurry and finish what they are doing; a phrase used to warn those who come asking for trouble to watch out and be careful of their actions/

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