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
潮州
ciu4 zau1
Chaozhou
景點
ging2 dim2
attraction
慳水慳力
haan1 seoi2 haan1 lik6
efforts saving
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
作
zok3
to do
to grow
to write or compose
to pretend
to regard as
to feel
writings or works
to work
to act
to make
to cook up
to blackmail
有點
jau5 dim2
a bit
不夠
bat1 gau3
not enough
誠意
sing4 yi3
Sincerity
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