classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
廚師
cyu4 si1
chef
喺
hai2
in
呢
ni1
this
碟
dip6
dish
plate
冷飯
laang5 faan6
(noun) leftover rice or meal
加
gaa3
to add
plus
(used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)
to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)
to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
to increase
to augment
to append
咗
zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
唔同
m4 tung4
different
嘅
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
新
san1
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
配料
pui3 liu2
side ingredients
炒
caau2
to sauté
to stir-fry
to speculate
to hype
to fire (sb)
to repeatedly expose
to win by a large margin
to fail
to perform badly
to have an argument
to have a row
crash
to hit something
to get mixed up with
to hang out with
to get involved with
to beat up
to clash with
to fight against
成
seng4
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle
一
jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
色香味俱全
sik1 heung1 mei6 keui1 chyun4
colorful and fragrant
瑤柱
jiu4 cyu5
dried scallops
蛋白
daan6 baai2
protein
炒飯
caau2 faan6
fried rice
嘅話
ge3 waa2
as said
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