蒸生瓜

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzing1 saang1 gwaa1

Meanings

  1. (noun) a female who is not mature enough and not elegant enough; (adjective) slow witted
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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

  • 生 has the reading saang1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is sang1. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 生 saang1 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

saangsaang1—省saang2to savesaang3—saang4—saang5—saang6—
gwaa瓜gwaa1melon寡gwaa2few挂gwaa3to missgwaa4—gwaa5—gwaa6—

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: zheng1 sheng1 gua1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zing1 saang1 gwaa1

Cantonese word readings for 蒸生瓜. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity蒸生瓜 蒸生瓜 [zheng1 sheng1 gua1] {zing1 saang1 gwaa1} /(noun) a female who is not mature enough and not elegant enough; (adjective) slow witted/

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