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輪流

简轮流 · 繁輪流

Cantonese · source Jyutpingleon4 lau4

to rotate between people

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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

leon44 · low fallinglau44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

leonleon1—卵leon2eggleon3—轮leon4wheelleon5—论leon6opinion

lau搂lau1to wear over one's shoulder or head or facelau2—lau3—流lau4to flow 柳lau5willow 漏lau6to leak

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

輪流轮

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

輪流 lún liú CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto alternate; to take turns

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: lun2 liu2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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