粵

歧kei4義ji6

simp歧义
kei4 ji6qí yì

English

  1. ambiguity
  2. several possible meanings
  3. ambiguity

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 廣義係指字詞、句子、圖像有多過一個意思;狹義係指即使喺某一個特定語境裏面,亦有多過一個意思。字句嘅歧義又可以分為語法同語意兩方面。

Examples

  • 此句有歧義

    This sentence is ambiguous.

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  • 食字係利用歧義嘅特點。

    Puns work by exploiting the multiple meanings of words.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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