structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
唔
ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
返屋企
faan1 uk1 kei2
to go back home
貝
bui3
cowrie
shellfish
currency (archaic)
瑪
maa5
marble
爾
ji5
thus
so
like that
you
thou
used as a final particle
an adverb particle
a suffix after an adjective
your
that
near
只係
zi2 hai6
only (spoken)
需要
seoi1 jiu3
need
交
gaau1
to hand over
to deliver
to pay (money)
to turn over
to make friends
to intersect (lines)
to exchange
to come into contact with
to come close to
to join
to alternate
to mate
simultaneously
to connect
十萬
sap6 maan6
a hundred thousand
蚊
man4
mosquito
gnat
dollar
ten thousand
ten thousand bucks
出
ceot1
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
嚟
lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
作為
zok3 wai6
as
自己
zi6 gei3
myself
嗰
go3
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
份
fan6
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
variant of 分fèn [分]
portion
part
duty
suffix used after province
month to express unit
a unit
a share
保護費
bou2 wu6 fai3
protection fee, the bribe or money collected by gangsters in their area of control from shops and businesses, as a fee for not hassling or troubling them
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