See 火燒旗杆——長嘆 on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "A wooden flagpole after being burnt is a long piece of charcoal (長炭 /长炭 (coeng⁴ taan³)), which is homophonic pun on 長嘆 /长叹 (coeng⁴ taan³).\n嘆 /叹 (taan³) can mean \"sigh\" or \"to enjoy\" in Cantonese.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "火燒旗桿——長嘆",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "火燒旗杆——長歎",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "火燒旗桿——長歎",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "火烧旗杆——长叹",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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},
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "when fire burns a flagpole - a long piece of charcoal",
"pos": "phrase",
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"glosses": [
"to have a long sigh (because of helplessness, etc.)"
],
"id": "en-火燒旗杆——長嘆-zh-phrase-LBqcvT7S",
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"sigh",
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"(Cantonese) to have a long sigh (because of helplessness, etc.)"
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{
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"glosses": [
"to enjoy life for a long time"
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"enjoy",
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"life"
]
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"raw_glosses": [
"(Cantonese) to enjoy life for a long time"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"roman": "fo2 siu1 gun1 coi4, daai6 taan3",
"sense": "to enjoy life",
"word": "火燒棺材——大嘆 / 火烧棺材——大叹"
}
],
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fo² siu¹ kei⁴ gon¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "coeng⁴ taan³"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fo² siu¹ kei⁴ gon¹"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "coeng⁴ taan³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fó sīu kèih gōn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "chèuhng taan"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fo² siu¹ kei⁴ gon¹"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsoeng⁴ taan³"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "fo² xiu¹ kéi⁴ gon¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "cêng⁴ tan³"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɔː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tʰaːn³³/",
"raw_tags": [
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],
"word": "火燒旗杆——長嘆"
}
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"Chinese terms spelled with 嘆",
"Chinese terms spelled with 旗",
"Chinese terms spelled with 杆",
"Chinese terms spelled with 火",
"Chinese terms spelled with 燒",
"Chinese terms spelled with 長",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chinese xiehouyu",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"etymology_text": "A wooden flagpole after being burnt is a long piece of charcoal (長炭 /长炭 (coeng⁴ taan³)), which is homophonic pun on 長嘆 /长叹 (coeng⁴ taan³).\n嘆 /叹 (taan³) can mean \"sigh\" or \"to enjoy\" in Cantonese.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "火燒旗桿——長嘆",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "火燒旗杆——長歎",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "火燒旗桿——長歎",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "火烧旗杆——长叹",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "when fire burns a flagpole - a long piece of charcoal",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
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"Cantonese Chinese"
],
"glosses": [
"to have a long sigh (because of helplessness, etc.)"
],
"links": [
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"sigh",
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"helplessness",
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"(Cantonese) to have a long sigh (because of helplessness, etc.)"
],
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"Cantonese Chinese"
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"glosses": [
"to enjoy life for a long time"
],
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[
"enjoy",
"enjoy"
],
[
"life",
"life"
]
],
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"(Cantonese) to enjoy life for a long time"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fo² siu¹ kei⁴ gon¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "coeng⁴ taan³"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "fo² siu¹ kei⁴ gon¹"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "coeng⁴ taan³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "fó sīu kèih gōn"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "chèuhng taan"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "fo² siu¹ kei⁴ gon¹"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "tsoeng⁴ taan³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "fo² xiu¹ kéi⁴ gon¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "cêng⁴ tan³"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɔː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tʰaːn³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "fo2 siu1 gun1 coi4, daai6 taan3",
"sense": "to enjoy life",
"word": "火燒棺材——大嘆 / 火烧棺材——大叹"
}
],
"word": "火燒旗杆——長嘆"
}
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