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難以形容

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Cantonese · source Jyutpingnaan4 ji5 jing4 jung4

hard to describe; have no words to express; no words can describe

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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

naan44 · low fallingji55 · low risingjing44 · low fallingjung44 · low falling

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

Same syllable, six tones

naannaan1—naan2—naan3—难naan4difficult 赧naan5blushing with shamenaan6—

ji衣ji1clothes 椅ji2chair 意ji3idea 兒ji4non-syllabic diminutive suffix 尔ji5thus 义ji6justice

jing英jing1hero 影jing2picture 应jing3to answer 形jing4to appear 郢jing5認jing6to recognize

jung雍jung1harmony 冗jung2extraneousjung3—容jung4to hold 勇jung5brave 用jung6to use

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

難以形容难

Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: nan2 yi3 xing2 rong2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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