Talk:賰

賰 chǔn

@Justinrleung, Suzukaze-c 賰 is read in the first tone in TWBLG dictionary. That being the case, how could it be read in the third tone in Mandarin? I have gotten the impression that the characters read in the first tone are usually the same between Cantonese, Min, etc. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 05:19, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

(I agree that the dictionaries do give both chun3 and shun3 for a Mandarin pronunciation here, but I'm wondering why this character would break the rule.) --Geographyinitiative (talk) 05:20, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

My best guess is that the Min Nan pronunciation here is based on the pronunciation of 春 and is a change away from a former different pronunciation that was more like 蠢. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 05:24, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

(Sadly, I do not know enough and cannot give an answer. —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 06:16, 15 January 2020 (UTC))

@Geographyinitiative: The Min Nan word is likely not related to the Mandarin/Cantonese word, as seen in the etymology split. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 22:13, 15 January 2020 (UTC)