classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
province (of Korea or Japan)
channel
method
doctrine
teachings
原來
yun4 loi4
originally
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
殺
saat3
to kill
to murder
to fight
to weaken or reduce
to smart (dialect)
to counteract
(used after a verb) extremely
to destroy
to exterminate
to hurt
呢個
ni1 go3
this
人
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
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
唔知
m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)
咩
me1
the bleating of sheep
final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
what
whatever
原因
jyun4 jan1
reason
㗎
gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
喎
wo6
a final particle to express surprise
agreement
disagreement
tone of reminder or emphasis
when quoting words said by others
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