香爐躉

简 香炉趸 · 繁 香爐躉
Cantonese · source Jyutpinghoeng1 lou4 dan2

Meanings

  1. the only male child (slang)
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Same syllable, six tones

hoeng香hoeng1fragrant响hoeng2echo向hoeng3to preferhoeng4—hoeng5—hoeng6—

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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hoeng1 lou4 dan2

Cantonese word readings for 香爐躉. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

  1. (Cantonese, figurative) the only son in the family

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Exact source record & identity香爐躉 香炉趸 [xiang1 lu2 dun3] {hoeng1 lou4 dan2} /the only male child (slang)/

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