鏖

Cantonese · source Jyutpingngou4#

Meanings · ngou4

  1. violent fighting
  2. to battle hard
  3. to engage in a fierce battle
Cantonese · source Jyutpingou1#

Meanings · ou1

  1. violent fighting
  2. to battle hard
  3. to engage in a fierce battle
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Same syllable, six tones

ngoungou1—ngou2—ngou3—熬ngou4to cook on a slow firengou5—傲ngou6proud

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:

  • 鏖 áo CC-CEDICT · Mandarinviolent fighting

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ao2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 2 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngou4 · ou1

Cantonese word readings for 鏖. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

  1. (literary) to fight to the end; to engage in a fierce battle
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fierce
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) clamorous
  4. (obsolete) kettle

character · Etymology 2

  1. unclean; unkempt
  2. dust; waste; rubbish

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Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source records & identity鏖 鏖 [ao2] {ngou4} /violent fighting/to battle hard/to engage in a fierce battle/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: f733a20e768e2ec95841839253a8c0e058941985ce8008dcef10f31fafbfe8bf

鏖 鏖 [ao2] {ou1} /violent fighting/to battle hard/to engage in a fierce battle/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 409f30ebdbfd5a446b9c887f3616dc7a3a5e1bcae965a42fd798c6cc27883438