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
鏡頭
geng3 tau4
lens
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
補
bou2
to repair
to patch
to mend
to make up for
to fill (a vacancy)
to supplement
to restore
nutritious
tonics
to moursih
to subsidise
to be of benefit
to add to
光
gwong1
light
ray M: 道dào [道]
bright
only
merely
to use up
glossy
smooth
glory
honor
bare
naked
a surname
燈
dang1
lamp
light
lantern M: 盏zhǎn [盏]
stock or share in a business venture
放
fong3
to release
to free
to let go
to put
to place
to let out
to set off (fireworks)
to dismiss
to let off
to lend for interest
to send into exile
to blossom
to enlarge
to lengthen
to let out
to put (animals) out to graze
uninhibited
to be open (unconstrained sexually)
喺
hai2
in
機
gei1
machine
engine
opportunity
intention
aircraft
pivot
crucial point
flexible (quick-witted)
organic M: 台tái [台]
witty
handphone
背
bui6
to learn by heart
to recite from memory
unlucky (slang)
hard of hearing
out of date
unfashionable
ignorant
remote
上
soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
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