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黑色幽默

Cantonese · source Jyutpinghak1 sik1 jau1 mak6

black humor; dark comedy

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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

hak11 · high levelchecked · -ksik11 · high levelchecked · -kjau11 · high levelmak66 · low levelchecked · -k

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Same syllable, six tones

hak克hak1to subduehak2—hak3—hak4—hak5—hak6—

sik色sik1colorsik2—sik3—sik4—sik5—食sik6to eat

jau优jau1excellent 糗jau2dry rations 幼jau3young 油jau4oil 有jau5to have 右jau6right

mak唛mak1a mugmak2—mak3—mak4—mak5—麦mak6wheat

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

黑色幽默

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

黑色幽默 hēi sè yōu mò CC-CEDICT · Mandarinblack humor

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: hei1 se4 you1 mo4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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