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金手指

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggam1 sau2 zi2

betrayer; backstabber (literally "goldfinger"); a device which allows for cheating in old video game consoles

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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

gam11 · high levelsau22 · high risingzi22 · high rising

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Same syllable, six tones

gam金gam1gold 感gam2Get a cold 禁gam3to prohibitgam4—gam5—揿gam6to press

sau收sau1to receive 手sau2hand 秀sau3handsome 仇sau4hatredsau5—受sau6to receive

zi之zi1…子zi2son 志zi3signzi4—zi5—自zi6from

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

金手指

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: jin1 shou3 zhi3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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gam1 sau2 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 金手指. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

traces on a printed circuit board; an edge connector
implausible plot that is beneficial to the character
(firearms, slang) itchy trigger finger; the unsafe practice of holding a firearm's trigger while not expecting to shoot
(Cantonese) informer; rat; traitor
(Cantonese, gaming) A memory editing hardware that is used to change a game's behavior; cheat device; cheat cartridge
(Cantonese, gaming, by extension) A command used by a cheat device; cheat code
(Hokkien, Puxian Min) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 金 (jīn), 手指 (shǒuzhǐ); gold ring

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