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講就易，做就難

简讲就易，做就难 · 繁講就易，做就難

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggong2 zau6 ji6 zou6 zau6 naan4

Easy to talk about but hard to do; easier said than done

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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

gong22 · high risingzau66 · low levelji66 · low levelzou66 · low levelzau66 · low levelnaan44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

gong江gong1large river 港gong2harbor 降gong3to dropgong4—gong5—gong6—

zau州zau1prefecture 走zau2to walk 奏zau3to play musiczau4—zau5—就zau6at once

ji衣ji1clothes 椅ji2chair 意ji3idea 兒ji4non-syllabic diminutive suffix 尔ji5thus 义ji6justice

zou租zou1to hire 组zou2to form 灶zou3kitchen stovezou4—zou5—造zou6to make

naannaan1—naan2—naan3—难naan4difficult 赧naan5blushing with shamenaan6—

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

講就易做難讲难

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: jiang3 jiu4 yi4 , zuo4 jiu4 nan2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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