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
阿姨
aa3 yi4
aunt
在
zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
賣
maai6
to sell
to betray
to spare no effort
to show off or flaunt; an alternative form for 鬻, sell
child
nourish
菱角
ling4 gok3
(old slang) (figurative) 1. Knuckle (of a hand) (this refers to an old slang; "食菱角" (of physical punishment) Hit someone's head with the knuckle of a hand)
我們
ngo5 mun4
we
過去
gwo3 heoi3
past
看看
hon3 hon3
have a look
吧
baa6
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...right?
...OK?
...I presume
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