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魂不附體

简魂不附体 · 繁魂不附體

Cantonese · source Jyutpingwan4 bat1 fu6 tai2

(adjective) 1. Absentminded; 2. Inattentive

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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

wan44 · low fallingbat11 · high levelchecked · -tfu66 · low leveltai22 · high rising

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Same syllable, six tones

wan温wan1warm 稳wan2settled 蕴wan3to accumulate 云wan4cloud 允wan5just 运wan6to move

bat不bat1notbat2—bat3—bat4—bat5—拔bat6to pull up

fu夫fu1husband 虎fu2tiger 富fu3rich 符fu4mark 妇fu5married woman 负fu6to bear

tai梯tai1ladder 体tai2body 替tai3to substitute for 提tai4to carry 娣tai5wife of a younger brothertai6—

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

魂不附體体

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

魂不附體 hún bù fù tǐ CC-CEDICT · Mandarinlit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits; beside oneself

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: hun2 bu4 fu4 ti3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wan4 bat1 fu6 tai2

Cantonese word readings for 魂不附體. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

(idiomatic) to be so scared or shocked that one practically leaps out of one's skin

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