冧

冧

冧 U+51A7, 冧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51A7 ← 冦 [U+51A6] CJK Unified Ideographs 冨 → [U+51A8]

Translingual

Han character

冧 (radical 14, 冖+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月木木 (BDD), composition ⿱冖林)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 131, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 8 (in addendum), page 10, character 7
• Unihan data for U+51A7

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		冧

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam¹
    • Yale: lām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐm⁵⁵/

Definitions

冧

1. (Cantonese) flower bud
2. (Cantonese) to coax (especially a child or girl)

   冧歌 [Cantonese]  ―  lam¹ go¹ [Jyutping]  ―  love song

Compounds

冧巴 冧巴溫／冧巴温

冧樣／冧样 冧歌

冧篷頭／冧篷头 布冧

Etymology 2

Probably a Tai-Kadai substrate word. Compare Thai ล้ม (lóm, “to fall”), Zhuang laemx (“to fall”), Maonan lam⁵ (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lín (lin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lín
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Wade–Giles: lin²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
    • IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam³
    • Yale: lam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem³
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐm³³/

Definitions

冧

1. (Cantonese) to topple over; to fall over (of trees, etc.)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁶
    • Yale: lahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐm²²/

Definitions

冧

1. (Cantonese) to be intoxicated