講極都唔明

简 讲极都唔明 · 繁 講極都唔明
Cantonese · source Jyutpinggong2 gik6 dou1 m4 ming4

Meanings

  1. to be unable to get through to someone; to talk to a brick wall [colloquial]
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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

gik击gik1to hitgik2—gik3—gik4—gik5—极gik6extremely
mm1—呣m2m3—唔m4notm5—m6—
mingming1—ming2—ming3—明ming4bright酩ming5drunk命ming6

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: jiang3 ji2 dou1 n2 ming2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity講極都唔明 讲极都唔明 [jiang3 ji2 dou1 n2 ming2] {gong2 gik6 dou1 m4 ming4} /to be unable to get through to someone; to talk to a brick wall [colloquial]/

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