霎戇

简 霎戆 · 繁 霎戇
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsaap3 ngong6

Meanings

  1. ridiculous; daft; foolish
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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 difference from Unihan

  • 戇 has the reading ngong6 here; Unihan’s citation reading is zong3. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 戇 ngong6 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

saapsaap1—saap2—霎saap3all of a suddensaap4—saap5—saap6—
ngongngong1—ngong2—ngong3—昂ngong4highngong5—ngong6—

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: sha4 zhuang4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

saap3 ngong6

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

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adj

  1. (Cantonese) stupid; foolish; ridiculous

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Exact source record & identity霎戇 霎戆 [sha4 zhuang4] {saap3 ngong6} /ridiculous; daft; foolish/

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