冧

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𫫋, 𫮚, 𣺉, 𪒍

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		冧

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lín (lin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lín
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lín
    • Wade–Giles: lin²
    • Yale: lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lam¹
    • Yale: lām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem¹
    • Sinological 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

3. (Cantonese) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Compounds

• 冧樣／冧样
• 冧歌
• 冧篷頭／冧篷头
• 布冧
• 耍冧
• 花冧

 

Etymology 2

Probably a Kra-Dai 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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lín
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lín
    • Wade–Giles: lin²
    • Yale: lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lam³
    • Yale: lam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm³³/

Definitions

冧

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

   樖樹尋日打風冧咗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   樖树寻日打风冧咗。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   po¹ syu⁶ cam⁴ jat⁶ daa² fung¹ lam³ zo². [Jyutping]

   That tree was toppled over in the storm yesterday.

   隔籬街冧樓呀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   隔篱街冧楼呀！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gaak³ lei⁴ gaai¹ lam³ lau^4-2 aa³! [Jyutping]

   A building on the next street collapsed!

2. (Cantonese) to be intoxicated; to be very drunk; to be wasted
3. (Cantonese, of prices, indexes, etc.) to plummet; to fall; to drop

   冧市 [Cantonese]  ―  lam³ si⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  to plummet (of the stock market)

4. (Cantonese) to be down; to stop working

   server冧咗 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  soe¹ faa² lam³ zo² [Jyutping]  ―  The server is down.

Compounds

• 倒冧 (dou² lam³)
• 冧塌 (lam³ taap³)
• 冧山泥 (lam³ saan¹ nai⁴)
• 冧檔／冧档 (lam³ dong³)
• 死人冧樓／死人冧楼 (sei² jan⁴ lam³ lau^4-2)

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam¹

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

Definitions

冧

1. (Cantonese) Used in transcription.

Compounds

• 冧巴
• 冧巴溫／冧巴温 (lam¹ baa¹ wan¹)

 

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 冧 – see 㨆 (“(Cantonese) to pile up; to repeat”). (This character is a variant form of 㨆).

Korean

Hanja

冧 (eum 림 (rim))

1. flower bud