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outdated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
细
sai3
Thin
话
wa2
say
要
jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
租
zou1
to hire
to rent
to charter
to rent out
to lease out
rent
land tax
rental
taxes
嘅
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
总
jung2
total
都
dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
冇
mo5
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
办
baan6
handle
法
fat3
law
method
way
Buddhist teaching
Legalist
to follow the example of
criterion
regulation
standard
rule
statute
principal
system
to adhere to the rules
France
French
a surname
Buddhist rituals
Buddhist rites
噶
got3
phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)
Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha
(dialect) final particle similar to 了le [了] (esp. in Yunnan)
系
hai6
department
嘛
maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'
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