避風塘
简 避风塘 · 繁 避風塘Meanings · bei6 fung1 tong4
- a place that can be taken as a shelter from strong wind or storms, often used to describe a 'family home' by the children whereby if the children encountered any challenges (strong wind or storm) in life when they are away from their home, they can always go back to their home (which is a shelter from all the challenges in life)
Meanings · bei6 fung1 tong4
- typhoon shelter; a haven
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Same syllable, six tones
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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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 避風塘 bì fēng táng CC-CEDICT · Mandarintyphoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong); (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans
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: bi4 feng1 tang2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bei6 fung1 tong4
Cantonese word readings for 避風塘. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
noun
- typhoon shelter (especially in Hong Kong)
- (cooking) “fisherman's style” of frying (crab, meat) with garlic and chilli
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