識人眉頭眼額

简 识人眉头眼额 · 繁 識人眉頭眼額
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsik1 jan4 mei4 tau4 ngaan5 ngaak6

Meanings

  1. know how to observe the other expression; good at readings other people's thoughts and feelings; sensitive to the reactions of others
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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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Same syllable, six tones

sik色sik1colorsik2—sik3—sik4—sik5—食sik6to eat
ngaanngaan1—ngaan2—ngaan3—颜ngaan4color眼ngaan5eye雁ngaan6wild goose
ngaakngaak1—ngaak2—ngaak3—ngaak4—ngaak5—额ngaak6forehead

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: shi2 ren2 mei2 tou2 yan3 e2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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sik1 jan4 mei4 tau4 ngaan5 ngaak6

Cantonese word readings for 識人眉頭眼額. 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識人眉頭眼額 识人眉头眼额 [shi2 ren2 mei2 tou2 yan3 e2] {sik1 jan4 mei4 tau4 ngaan5 ngaak6} /know how to observe the other expression; good at readings other people's thoughts and feelings; sensitive to the reactions of others/

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