prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
old (of people)
venerable (person)
experienced
of long standing
always
all the time
of the past
very
outdated
(of meat etc) tough
old age
abbreviation for Laotse, the founder of Taoism
a surname
to retire from official service
to become old
to honor the aged
shameless, thick-skinned
familiar term of respect for elderly people
decrepit
hardened
steady
trustworthy
dark
deep (colour)
youngest (in Beijing dialect)
parents
布殊
bou3 syu4
Cantonese translation of George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of United States of America, or George W. Bush, the 43rd, shortened to just "Bush"
政府
zing3 fu2
government
喺
hai2
in
六四
luk6 sei3
Six Four
屠城
tou4 sing4
to massacre a city
之後
zi1 hau6
after
半年
bun3 nin4
Six months
內
noi6
inside
inner
internal
within
interior
domestic
one's wife
wife's relatives
the imperial courts
the female members (of a family)
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