買大細

简 买大细 · 繁 買大細
Cantonese · source Jyutpingmaai5 daai6 sai3

Meanings

  1. to gamble at the common table game in casino called 'over-under or O
  2. U'; to take a gamble at something risky and unpredicatable [colloquial]
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Same syllable, six tones

daaidaai1—歹daai2bad带daai3banddaai4—daai5—大daai6

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: mai3 da4 xi4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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maai5 daai6 sai3

Cantonese word readings for 買大細. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity買大細 买大细 [mai3 da4 xi4] {maai5 daai6 sai3} /to gamble at the common table game in casino called 'over-under or O/U'; to take a gamble at something risky and unpredicatable [colloquial]/

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