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斷子絕孫
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a curse, that you may die without sons Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1827 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bernard on 8th Mar 2010 16:53 |
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Characters in this word:斷 tyun5 dyun6 dyun3 - break; cut off; judge; absolutely子 zi2 - son; person; egg; young; subsidiary 絕 zyut6 - cut off; exhaust; superb; desperate 孫 syun1 - grandchild; descendent |
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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).