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
貼士
tit3 si6
tips
大家
daai6 gaa1
everyone
燒鴨
siu1 aap3 / aap2
roast duck
飯
faan6
food
cuisine
cooked rice
meal M: 碗wǎn [碗]
顿dùn [顿]
means of living
cigarettes
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
咖喱
ga1 lei2
curry
汁
zap1
juice
sap
liquor
fluid
gravy
sauce
不用
bat1 jung6
no need
加錢
gaa1 cin2
Add money
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