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
湯
tong3
an alternative form for 燙, scald
發覺
faat3 gok3
realize
唔
ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
似
ci5
seems as if
rather like
Taiwan pr. [sìde]
to resemble
係
hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
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
味精
mei6 zing1
monosodium glutamate
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