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
用人
jung6 jan4
employ people
海戰
hoi2 zin3
sea battle
術
seot6
method
technique
art
skill
tactics
嚟
lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
擋
dong3
to arrange
原子彈
jyun4 zi2 daan6
atomic bomb
根本
gan1 bun2
essentially
就
zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
有
jau6
also
again
住
zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
異曲同工
ji6 kuk1 tung4 gung1
different approach same result
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
妙
miu6
clever
wonderful
mysterious
subtle
exquisite
ingenious
intriguing
youthful
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