(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
们
men2
plural suffix for pronouns
是
si6
is
有
jau6
also
again
开
hoei1
open
始
ci2
to begin
to start
then
only then
a beginning
a surname
first
门
mun4
door
的
dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
已
ji5
already
to stop
then
afterwards
only
too much
enough!
used as a final particle to add emphasis
经
ging1
pass through
三分
sam1 fan1
partially
之
zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
二
ji6
two
(Beijing dialect) stupid
twice
second
vice-
once more
again
double
different
客人
haak3 jan4
customer
了
liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
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