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首當其衝

简首当其冲 · 繁首當其衝

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsau2 dong1 kei4 cung1

(idiom) The first to get hit (in a battle etc.)

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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

sau22 · high risingdong11 · high levelkei44 · low fallingcung11 · high level

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Same syllable, six tones

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

dong当dong1to be 党dong2party 垱dong3dong4—dong5—荡dong6to wash

kei崎kei1mountainous 婍kei2冀kei3another name for Hebei province 奇kei4strange 企kei5to plan a projectkei6—

cung冲cung1to dash against 宠cung2to love 铳cung3ancient firearm 从cung4from 重cung5heavycung6—

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

首當其衝当冲

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

首當其衝 shǒu dāng qí chōng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto bear the brunt

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: shou3dang1qi2chong1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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