"un" meaning in Chinese

See un in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɐn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɐn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: an¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ān [Cantonese, Yale], an¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], en¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From clipping of English understand. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|understand|understand}} English understand Head templates: {{head|zh|verbs}} un
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) to understand Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, colloquial
    Sense id: en-un-zh-verb-JdyJGl7k 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: 13 44 44 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 30 35 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ŋɐn³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɐn³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ŋɐn³³/, /ɐn³³/ Chinese transliterations: ngan³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], an³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ngan [Cantonese, Yale], an [Cantonese, Yale], ngan³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], an³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ngen³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], en³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Romanisation of 䟴, influenced by spelling of English un. Not related to English un semantically. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|un}} English un, {{noncog|en|un}} English un, {{yue-etym-rom|䟴|en=un}} Romanisation of 䟴, influenced by spelling of English un. Not related to English un semantically. Head templates: {{head|zh|verbs}} un
  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 䟴 Tags: Cantonese, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of:
    Sense id: en-un-zh-verb-2DphZKfH Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 13 44 44 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 30 35 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɐŋ³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ŋɐŋ³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɐŋ³⁵/, /ŋɐŋ³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: ang² [Cantonese, Jyutping], ngang² [Cantonese, Jyutping], áng [Cantonese, Yale], ngáng [Cantonese, Yale], ang² [Cantonese, Pinyin], ngang² [Cantonese, Pinyin], eng² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ngeng² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Romanisation of 𬒔, influenced by spelling of English un. Not related to English un semantically. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|un}} English un, {{noncog|en|un}} English un, {{yue-etym-rom|𬒔|en=un}} Romanisation of 𬒔, influenced by spelling of English un. Not related to English un semantically. Head templates: {{head|zh|verbs}} un
  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 𬒔 Tags: Cantonese, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 𬒔
    Sense id: en-un-zh-verb-7ot1TVTi Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 13 44 44 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 30 35 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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      "name": "der"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From clipping of English understand.",
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        {
          "english": "Do you understand?",
          "literal_meaning": "You un(derstand) or not un(derstand)?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "nei⁵ an¹ m⁴ an¹ aa³?",
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            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
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          "text": "你un唔un呀?",
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  "sounds": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "an¹"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "an¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "en¹"
    },
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɐn⁵⁵/"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "ipa": "/ɐn³³/"
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        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "áng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngáng"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
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    },
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɐn⁵⁵/"
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  ],
  "word": "un"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "ngang²"
    },
    {
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      "zh-pron": "áng"
    },
    {
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "ngáng"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
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    },
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngeng²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɐŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɐŋ³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "un"
}

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