驚你有牙呀

简 惊你有牙呀 · 繁 驚你有牙呀
Cantonese · source Jyutpinggeng1 nei5 jau5 ngaa4 aa4

Meanings

  1. 'I'm really scared of you', a sarcastic expression to imply that one is not afraid of someone at all [colloquial]
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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

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Tone and syllable differences from Unihan

  • 驚 has the reading geng1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is ging1. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 驚 geng1 as its own entry.
  • 呀 is read aa4 here; Unihan’s citation reading is aa1. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings.

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

neinei1—nei2—nei3—弥nei4full你nei5you腻nei6greasy
aa丫aa1fork哑aa2dumb亚aa3Asiaaa4—aa5—aa6—

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

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: jing1 ni3 you3 ya2 ya5. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

geng1 nei5 jau5 ngaa4 aa4

Cantonese word readings for 驚你有牙呀. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity驚你有牙呀 惊你有牙呀 [jing1 ni3 you3 ya2 ya5] {geng1 nei5 jau5 ngaa4 aa4} /'I'm really scared of you', a sarcastic expression to imply that one is not afraid of someone at all [colloquial]/

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