"can" meaning in Chinese

See can in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰɛːn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɛːn²²⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɛːn²²/, /kʰɛːn²²⁻³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: ken⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ken⁶⁻² [Cantonese, Jyutping], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Yale], ken⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ken⁶⁻² [Cantonese, Pinyin], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Clipping of English canteen. Etymology templates: {{clipping|yue|nocap=}} Clipping, {{der|yue|en|canteen}} English canteen, {{yue-etym-clip-en|canteen}} Clipping of English canteen. Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} can
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) canteen; restaurant (in a university campus) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Categories (topical): Universities
    Sense id: en-can-zh-noun-JsDIaSDg Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kʰɛːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɛːn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: ken¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Yale], ken¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Clipping of English cancer. Etymology templates: {{clipping|yue|nocap=}} Clipping, {{der|yue|en|cancer}} English cancer, {{yue-etym-clip-en|cancer}} Clipping of English cancer. Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} can
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) cancer Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Synonyms: cancer (áizhèng), cancer, 癌症 (áizhèng)
    Sense id: en-can-zh-noun-VgCumbFO Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for can meaning in Chinese (3.6kB)

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