陪太子讀書

简 陪太子读书 · 繁 陪太子讀書
Cantonese · source Jyutpingpui4 taai3 zi2 duk6 syu1

Meanings

  1. accompanying a child or a young person to study; fat chance – stands no chance of winning when compared with other competitors in a competition; to join in something (even if it is not relevant to them) just to keep someone company; to describe the candidates who know that they have no chance of passing even before sitting the exams
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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

taai呔taai1tiretaai2—太taai3Great-grandtaai4—taai5—taai6—
duk督duk1to supervise and directduk2—duk3—duk4—duk5—毒duk6geekish

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: pei2 tai4 zi3 du2 shu1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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pui4 taai3 zi2 duk6 syu1

Cantonese word readings for 陪太子讀書. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity陪太子讀書 陪太子读书 [pei2 tai4 zi3 du2 shu1] {pui4 taai3 zi2 duk6 syu1} /accompanying a child or a young person to study; fat chance – stands no chance of winning when compared with other competitors in a competition; to join in something (even if it is not relevant to them) just to keep someone company; to describe the candidates who know that they have no chance of passing even before sitting the exams/

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