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豬膶
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豬肝 is the original term. But in Cantonese, 肝 is pronounced like 乾 which means "dry" and is regarded as inauspicious. The opposite of 乾 (dry) is 潤 (wet). So a new word 膶 is coined, modelled after the form 潤 with a slight change of tone.
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Characters in this word:豬 zyu1 - pig膶 jeon2 - animal liver | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).