訥
简 讷 · 繁 訥Meanings · nat6
- to speak slowly
- inarticulate
- to stammer
- to mumble
Meanings · neot6
- to speak slowly
- inarticulate
- to stammer
- to mumble
Meanings · naap6
- to speak slowly
- inarticulate
- to stammer
- to mumble
About these definitions
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.
Reading difference from Unihan
- 訥 has the reading nat6 here; Unihan’s citation reading is neot6. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 訥 nat6 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).
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 訥 nè CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto speak slowly; inarticulate
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ne4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
naap6 · nat6 · neot6
Cantonese word readings for 訥. 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.
character
- slow of speech; speaking in a clumsy manner
- taciturn; speaking little
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