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馬死落地行

简马死落地行 · 繁馬死落地行

Cantonese · source Jyutpingmaa5 sei2 lok6 dei6 haang4

to keep pushing on by oneself in face of great hardship

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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

maa55 · low risingsei22 · high risinglok66 · low levelchecked · -kdei66 · low levelhaang44 · low falling

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Reading difference from Unihan

行 has the reading haang4 here; Unihan’s citation reading is hang4. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 行 haang4 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

maa妈maa1mommaa2—吗maa3final interrogative particle 蟆maa4toad / frog 马maa5horse 骂maa6to scold

seisei1—死sei2to die 四sei3labourersei4—sei5—sei6—

loklok1—lok2—络lok3net-likelok4—lok5—樂lok6happy

deidei1—dei2—dei3—dei4—dei5—地dei6-ly

haang坑haang1holehaang2—haang3—桁haang4a stock, an adjustable wooden device used for securing…haang5—haang6—

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

馬死落地行马

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ma3 si3 lao4 di4 xing2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

maa5 sei2 lok6 dei6 haang4

Cantonese word readings for 馬死落地行. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

(Cantonese) to have lost one's advantages and is forced to get through an adverse situation with difficulty

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